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Carefree Giovanni

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?

Top Cast

  • Sergio Castellitto

    Sergio Castellitto

    Giovanni

  • Eleonora Giorgi

    Eleonora Giorgi

    Claire

  • Franco Fabrizi

    Franco Fabrizi

    Gino

  • Luigi De Filippo

    Luigi De Filippo

    Achille, il tabaccaio / Segretario del duca

  • Aldo Fabrizi

    Aldo Fabrizi

    Il bottegaio ed il suo fratello gemello

  • Anita Durante

    Anita Durante

    Zia Teresa

  • Franca Balletta

    Franca Balletta

    Zia Letizia

  • Tatiana Farnese

    Tatiana Farnese

    Elena Cappelli

  • Claudio Spadaro

    Claudio Spadaro

    Il prete

Overview

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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