Overview

Antonio (Enrico Salimbeni) may not have been the most energetic waiter in the most popular restaurant in this unfashionable Adriatic tourist town, but that is no reason for his boss not to pay him. When he takes the wages that he is owed out of the till, not only does the owner throw him out, but he has him beaten up, to boot. Enzo (Mario Adorf), the owner of a restaurant so far off the beaten track it is widely known as Abissinia rather than being called by its true name, takes him in. The leisurely pace of everything that is done at the restaurant leaves Antonio with plenty of time to put together the story of its owner and the love of his life, and how he, too, fell from culinary glory to his present obscurity.

Top Cast

Mario Adorf

Enzo Pagnini

Grażyna Szapołowska

Francesca

Enrico Salimbeni

Antonio

Luca Zingaretti

Marco

Paki Valente

Renato Santalmassi

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Danila Pisano

Silvia

Elena Cantarone

Lucy

Milena Vukotić

Armida

Cristina Pellegrino

Greta

Vincenzo Failla

Ispettore

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Ottavio Ferrari

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Marco Giorgi