L'allenatore Nel Pallone 2
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''L'allenatore nel pallone 2'' is a 2008 Italian
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comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Sergio Martino Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938) is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre. Martino is the brother of the late producer Luciano Martino (who died in 2013). They collaborated frequently in their ...
. The film is a sequel of '' L'allenatore nel pallone'' (1984).


Plot

The famous Italian football coach Oronzo CanĂ  has retired to a villa in
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. Now, old and tired, he is enjoying a quiet life there, cultivating his vineyard, when suddenly he is summoned to
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, in northern Italy. There the elderly chairman of a great Lombard ("Longobarda") club is suffering from
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and has lost his powers of judgement, and the club's manager has been fired. He has decided to bring back Oronzo CanĂ  as trainer, remembering him from his great football team of thirty years before, tasking him with bringing the club back to its old winning ways. Oronzo puts his trust in the intervention of a Russian billionaire who has bought the club for promotion. But it is a deception.


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* 2000s sports comedy films 2000s Italian-language films 2008 films Films directed by Sergio Martino Italian association football films Italian sequel films Italian sports comedy films Italian-language sports comedy films Medusa Film films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub