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Pipicacadodo

Original title: Chiedo asilo
  • 1979
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Pipicacadodo (1979)
ComedyDrama

Roberto uses alternative teaching methods, but manages to create a special bond with his kindergarten students.Roberto uses alternative teaching methods, but manages to create a special bond with his kindergarten students.Roberto uses alternative teaching methods, but manages to create a special bond with his kindergarten students.

  • Director
    • Marco Ferreri
  • Writers
    • Marco Ferreri
    • Gérard Brach
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Stars
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Dominique Laffin
    • Chiara Moretti
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    644
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    • Director
      • Marco Ferreri
    • Writers
      • Marco Ferreri
      • Gérard Brach
      • Roberto Benigni
    • Stars
      • Roberto Benigni
      • Dominique Laffin
      • Chiara Moretti
    • 5User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Roberto Benigni
    Roberto Benigni
    • Roberto
    Dominique Laffin
    Dominique Laffin
    • Isabella
    Chiara Moretti
    • Irma
    Carlo Monni
    Carlo Monni
    • Paolo
    Girolamo Marzano
    • Mario
    Franco Trevisi
    Franco Trevisi
    • Poliziotto (Cop)
    Luca Levi
    • Luca
    Roberto Amaro
    • Robertino
    • (uncredited)
    Francesca De Sapio
    Francesca De Sapio
    • Chiara
    • (uncredited)
    Guia Jelo
    Guia Jelo
    • Teacher
    • (uncredited)
    Samuele Sbrighi
    • Little kid
    • (uncredited)
    Lauro Versari
      • Director
        • Marco Ferreri
      • Writers
        • Marco Ferreri
        • Gérard Brach
        • Roberto Benigni
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      2McKenna-4

      Asylum denied. Send back!

      Awful! Absolutely awful! No plot, no point, no end. It looks like the director turned the camera on and then the whole crew went to lunch. Every day. I'm trying to GIVE this video away but no one will take it. I'm giving it a 2 instead of a 1 because I like Benigni. Roger, I'm going to have to say thumbs down on this one.
      9DOMENICO_SOLDANI

      there is Benigni, what more?

      one of the more controlled performance of Roberto Benigni, it worth alone, but the movie has its value also. It was sometime sweet, other bitter, if you have let a child in your soul I believe he/she would appreciate this strange mode to look at the reality, at a world sometimes too difficult to be explained or to be completely happy with. Maybe it's easier for an Italian to fully appreciate every moment and scene of this intense movie, but I strongly suggest it because Ferreri+Benigni is a couple that could happen to see only once. And maybe you would re-analyze all their productions, especially the other works of Marco Ferreri, usually more direct and bitter.Enjoy
      1strpyw

      there is still redeeming value

      I give this movie a ONE, for it is truly an awful movie. Sound track of the DVD is so bad, it actually hurts my ear. But the vision, no matter how disjointed, does show something really fancy in the Italian society. I will not go into detail what actually was so shocking , but the various incidents are absolutely abnormal. So for the kink value, i give it one.Otherwise, the video, photography, acting of the adults actors /actresses are simply substandard, a practical jock to people who love foreign movies.Roberto, the main character, has full spectrum of emotions but exaggerated to the point of being unbelievable.however, the children in the movie are mostly 3/4 years old, and they are genuine and the movie provides glimpse of the Italian life..

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      • Release date
        • February 27, 1980 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • France
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • Seeking Asylum
      • Filming locations
        • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
      • Production companies
        • 23 Giugno
        • A.M.S. Productions
        • Best International
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 50 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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