In this entertaining drama, "Carefree Giovanni" (Sergio Castellitto) is the beleaguered last heir to a dukedom closely associated with the great artist Leonardo da Vinci. As the curtain opens, one of Giovanni's ancestors drops dead when he hears that Leonardo has died. Cut to the present, and the last duke in this line, Giovanni, is miserable in a home shared by two older women who browbeat and badger him without mercy. Giovanni's one solace is to go up on the rooftop and gaze out at the world around him as he daydreams. He has a special passion for the lovely Claire (Eleonora Girogi) who lives next door. To show his sincerity, he zooms off paper airplanes in her direction. However, these missiles are made from actual letters written by the great Leonardo himself. Could this man be last link in the lineage that started 400 years earlier?
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Sergio Castellitto
Giovanni
Known for
The Gentlemen
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Eleonora Giorgi
Claire
Known for
Talcum Powder
Inferno
Emilio Bestetti
Marco Colli
Gabriela Curiel
Franco Fabrizi
Gino
Known for
I Vitelloni
The Little Bather
Gianni Di Gregorio
Lamberto Macchi
Luigi De Filippo
Achille, il tabaccaio / Segretario del duca
Known for
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
The Four Days of Naples
Clary Mirolo
Aldo Fabrizi
Il bottegaio ed il suo fratello gemello
Known for
Rome, Open City
Cops and Robbers
Roberto Schiavone
Marco Colli Director · Gianni Di Gregorio Writer Lamberto Macchi Composer
First release March 18, 1986 · Produced in Italy · Production ASA Film Production, Istituto Luce Cinecittà
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RAI
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ASA Film Production
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Istituto Luce Cinecittà
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Istituto Luce-Italnoleggio Cinematografico
Production · Distribution
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana
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Italy
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Original title
Giovanni Senzapensieri
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 18, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
France
May 1, 1986 · Cannes Film Festival
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