''The Best Man'' ( it, Il testimone dello sposo) is a 1998 Italian
comedy film
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written and directed by
Pupi Avati
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. It was entered into the
48th Berlin International Film Festival
The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film ''The Boxer'' by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's '' The Rainmaker'' was selected as the closing night film. Th ...
.
The film was selected as the Italian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
70th Academy Awards
The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the show ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento.
Biography and career
Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. Th ...
as Angelo Beliossi
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Inés Sastre
Inés Sastre Moratón (born 21 November 1973) is a Spanish model and actress.
Early life
Born in Valladolid, Sastre's career started at the age of 12, when she was selected for a fast-food commercial with McDonald's. Her first movie appearance ...
as Francesca Babini
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Dario Cantarelli
Dario Cantarelli (born 16 September 1945) is an Italian actor.
Biography
He began his acting career on stage in 1973 with Carlo Cecchi's Granteatro company, playing roles in plays by William Shakespeare (''Antony and Cleopatra''), Eduardo De Fili ...
as Edgardo Osti
* Cinzia Mascoli as Peppina Campeggi
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Valeria D'Obici
Valeria D'Obici (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian film and television actress.
Born in Lerici, Valeria D'Obici debuted in 1974 in the "poliziottesco" '' La polizia ha le mani legate''. Her breakout role was the ugly Fosca in Ettore Scola's '' ...
as Olimpia Campeggi Babini
* Mario Erpichini as Sisto Babini
* Ada Maria Serra Zanetti
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Ugo Conti
Ugo Conti (born 30 March 1955) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1982.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
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as Marziano Beliossi
* Nini Salerno as Sauro Ghinassi
See also
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References
External links
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1998 films
1998 comedy films
Italian comedy films
1990s Italian-language films
Films directed by Pupi Avati
Films set in Italy
Films set in Emilia-Romagna
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
1990s Italian films
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