Big Deal on Madonna Street
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A beautifully timed Italian ensemble caper in which small-time schemers turn criminal ambition into mounting comic incompetence, with the same affectionate, street-level texture.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
A beautifully timed Italian ensemble caper in which small-time schemers turn criminal ambition into mounting comic incompetence, with the same affectionate, street-level texture.
Why this pick
Its fast, sunlit comic momentum and sharply opposed male pairing extend the bittersweet Italian social comedy beneath Fiasco in Milan’s boisterous surface.
Why this pick
Another exquisitely calibrated comedy of elaborate plans going awry, balancing farcical plotting with pointed observation of provincial Italian manners.
Why this pick
A darkly playful contemporary Italian comedy driven by a vain, desperate man and escalating schemes; it shares the period’s brisk, unsentimental comic bite.
Why this pick
Begins with warm, observant comic detail before tightening into a sly, uneasy crime satire—ideal if you liked the blend of ordinary people and illicit misadventure.
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01 / THE STORY
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
Virgilio "il Milanese"
Ugo "Piede amaro" Nardi

Carmelina Nicosia
Maresciallo
Mario Angeletti
Pierluigi "Capannelle"
Michele "Ferribotte" Nicosia