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.
Cast
Mario Adorf
Enzo Pagnini
Grażyna Szapołowska
Francesca
Enrico Salimbeni
Antonio
Luca Zingaretti
Marco
Paki Valente
Renato Santalmassi
Danila Pisano
Silvia
Elena Cantarone
Lucy
Milena Vukotić
Armida
Cristina Pellegrino
Greta
Vincenzo Failla
Ispettore
Ottavio Ferrari
Unknown
Marco Giorgi
Unknown
Umberto Moschini
Unknown
Leonardo Moschini
Unknown
Giuseppe Moschini
Unknown
Crew
Francesco Ranieri Martinotti
Director, Screenplay, Story
Fulvio Ottaviano
Screenplay
Michele Corsi
Story
Annalisa Forgione
Editor
Mauro Marchetti
Director of Photography
Laurentina Guidotti
Producer
Giantito Burchiellaro
Production Design
Sergio Ballo
Costume Design
Anna Maria Bussi
Sound Editor
Fabio Felici
Sound
Fiorenzo Carpi
Original Music Composer