''Physical Jerks'' ( it, In barca a vela contromano) is a

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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 o ...

directed by Stefano Reali. It is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical comedy play by the same Reali. The English version of its title is the (chiefly British) informal term for physical exercise.

Cast

Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular pa ...

: Massimo Migliarini *

Antonio Catania Antonio Catania (born 22 February 1952) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Acireale, Province of Catania, Antonio Catania studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. After the graduation he started an intense ...

: Luigi "Gigi" Bonsanti *

Maurizio Mattioli Maurizio Mattioli (born 3 June 1950) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome, Mattioli started his career in 1973, when he appeared in the RAI variety show ''Dove sta Zazà''. He got his first successes as a member of th ...

: Carlo *

Emanuela Rossi Emanuela Rossi (born January 24, 1959) is an Italian actress. Biography Rossi has been active as an actress and dubbing artist since the early 1970s and she has starred in over eight films since 1989. She also made television, stage and dubbing ...

: Wanda *

Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino (; August 24, 1969) is an Italian actor, voice actor and producer. He has appeared in more than fifty European and American movies and television series since the early 1990s, including '' The Prince of Homburg'' (1997), '' T ...

: Castrovillari * Davide Bechini: Giorgio Cupreo *

Enrico Brignano Enrico Brignano (born 18 May 1966) is an Italian actor, playwright, comedian, presenter and writer. Life and career Born in Rome, Brignano graduated in 1990 at the Laboratory of Performing Exercises under Gigi Proietti, who later chose him fo ...

: Zinna * Raffaele Vannoli: Brianza

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* 1997 films 1997 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Rome Films set in hospitals Italian films based on plays 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub