''Tolo Tolo'' is a 2020 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by and starring Checco Zalone, in his directorial debut. The film grossed €46.2 million ($52.2 million) and became the fifth highest-grossing film of all time in Italy, and the 21st highest-grossing film of 2020.

Plot

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Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a

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restaurant in his town

Spinazzola Spinazzola is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy. People *Pope Innocent XII was born here in the castle of the Pignatelli family, now destroyed. * Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Jesuit mis ...

. However, after one month, the restaurant goes

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and he chooses to emigrate to

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in

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, but at the outbreak of a

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he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, but rather to go to

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where

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secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in

Cast

* Checco Zalone as Pierfrancesco "Checco" Zalone * Souleymane Sylla as Oumar *Manda Touré as Idjaba *Nassor Said Birya as Doudou *

Barbara Bouchet Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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as Mrs. Inge *

Alexis Michalik Alexis Michalik, born 13 December 1982, is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. He adapted Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' into his play ''R & J'' and he has written and staged his own plays, including '' Le Porteur d'histoire'' ...

as Alexandre Lemaitre *Arianna Scommegna as Nunzia *

Antonella Attili Antonella Attili (born 3 April 1963) is an Italian film and television actress. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Attili, Antonella 1963 births Living people Italian film actresses Italian television actre ...

as Mrs. Lella *Gianni D'Addario as Gramegna *Nicola Nocella as Lawyer Russo *Diletta Acquaviva as Barbara (second wife) *Maurizio Bousso as Boy in Agadez *Sara Putignano as Nicla (first wife) *

Nicola Di Bari Nicola Di Bari (born 29 September 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music. Life and career Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children from a ...

as Uncle Nicola * Ira Fronten as Maitresse Agadez *Badara Seck Additionally, Nichi Vendola,

Enrico Mentana Enrico Mentana (born 15 January 1955) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He founded the Italian news program '' TG5'' and directed it from 1992 to 2004. In 2005, as Canale 5's editorial director, he conceived and curated the ta ...

, and Massimo Giletti appear as themselves.

Reception

The film opened with a record-breaking first day gross of €8.7 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by ''

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'' (2016), in which Checco Zalone had also starred in. By 8 March 2020, the film had grossed €46 million when cinemas in Italy were closed due to the coronavirus lockdown. The film was less well-received than Zalone's previous feature film efforts, with criticisms being aimed at the inconsistent script, direction and the film being less funny, though praising the attempt at discussing a more socially relevant topic.

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*{{IMDb title Italian comedy films 2020 comedy films 2020 films 2020 directorial debut films Films set in Kenya Films about immigration to Italy 2020s Italian-language films 2020s Italian films

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