Lobster for Breakfast
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Marco is married to Carla, a rich businesswoman. She's off to Geneva for two days; he has a tryst with Monique, a Swedish air hostess. Carla's flight is canceled, so she heads home about to catch Mario en flagrant. Mario's salvation is Enrico, an old school mate and hapless salesman who shows up to beg Mario to buy toilets so he won't lose his job. Mario signs an order in exchange for Enrico's posing as Monique's husband. Carla invites them to stay overnight and join a business dinner party catered by Enrico's wife, Matilde. Enrico spends the evening trying to avoid her, Mario spends it chasing the willing Monique, and Carla wants to close a deal. Can this farce end happily?
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Cast
16 people
Enrico Montesano
Enrico Tucci
Known for
Department Store
Horse Fever
Claude Brasseur
Mario Spinosi
Known for
The Party
The Student and Mister Henri
Janet Ågren
Monique Dubois
Known for
City of the Living Dead
Eaten Alive!
Claudine Auger
Carla Rebaudengo Spinosi
Known for
Thunderball
A Bay of Blood
Silvia Dionisio
Matilde Tucci
Known for
My Friends
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Adriana Innocenti
sig.ra Duchamp
Also in
The Cat
Acapulco, Last Beach... on the Left
Franca Scagnetti
vicina di casa Tucci
Known for
Suspiria
Soap and Water
Cesare Gelli
sig. Franzi
Known for
One Way or Another
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
Geoffrey Copleston
sig. Duchamp
Known for
The Night Porter
The Black Cat
Renato Mori
rag. Trocchia
Known for
Assassination on the Tiber
Roberto Della Casa
sommelier
Known for
The Comics 2
Viuuulentemente mia
Renzo Ozzano
maitre
Known for
The Con Artists
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town
Giorgio Capitani Director · Jacques Dorfmann Writer Franco Marotta Writer
First release March 1, 1979 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Italian International Film
Production
U.C.E. Productions
Production
Italian International Film
Production
France · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Aragosta a colazione
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 1, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 11, 1981 · Theatrical
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