Amazing – Fabio De Luigi

Thank you.

Thank you for this beautiful award,

which comes at perhaps the best moment...

of my career.

Allow me to especially thank my...

family.

And also... my parents.

They're looking at me from up there.

This is for you.

This is for you.

Thank you, Mom.

-Thank you... -Dad, are you done yet?

Hey! I'm working.

Dad doesn't want to be bothered while he's working.

How can I prepare a speech this way?

FABIO DE LUIGI HAS WON A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Thank you so much.

FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ARE READY TO CELEBRATE HIM

-Now we can make out. -Make-out time.

-Never heard of it. -I thought so.

Come, boss. Come. Stop!

Master Massari.

You're a piece of shit

-Mr. De Luigi. -Long time no see.

FABIO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SURPRISES AWAIT HIM

-No... -Performance.

...HOW WILL HE HANDLE THIS?

-Check if it's there. -Holy shit!

That's bad.

SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA FABIO'S HOMETOWN

Are you already filming everything?

Should I pretend you're not here? No...

Nobody's talking, that's nice...

Nice.

But since he's... Oh, the other envelope.

Let's open the envelope.

So, "Dear Mr. De Luigi,

"we are glad to invite you to an event in your honor,

"where you will receive the Amazing Award.

"As we look forward to your wonderful acceptance speech,

"friends and colleagues are expecting you at the Grand Hotel

"for an evening full of surprises."

Can we put on some music? Is it possible?

Holy shit!

Fuck!

That's enough.

All the way to Rome with that is too much.

ROME AMAZING AWARD VENUE

Thank you very much. Thank you.

All right. Am I going this way? This way.

Theoretically, I'm supposed to arrive,

get in, and go give the acceptance speech.

But things will happen in between.

So, I expect various things.

We are his friends. Are you his friend?

Yes, for many years.

FULVIO FALZARANO THE CHAPERONE

Tonight, I will be his chaperone.

Hello, Mr. De Luigi. Come, come.

I will be the lobby boy.

I can't wait to see his face when he sees me dressed like this.

-You are... -"You are"?

-You are... -Indeed.

You're laughing. I get it.

Help. Help.

-"Help!" is the catchphrase. You like it? -It's not the catchphrase.

-Enough. Enough! -It's not the catchphrase.

-Go. -I'm going to wet my pants!

Yes. Take care of the bags.

Check this out, over here.

Hello.

So serious.

-Fabio! -Fabio!

Fabio!

Fabio De Luigi Won the golden award

We are so happy That we sing him a chorus

Lots of surprises To our beloved one

For your thousand feats You deserve a kiss

Fabio De Luigi He is so likable

Bravo. Very good. Bravo. Let's give them a round of applause...

Or not.

-Good evening, Mr. De Luigi. -Good evening to you, Mr...

Come, come.

-I'm coming, but... -The headquarters is very happy

that you have joined us here to receive the Amazing Award.

I'm sure your speech will be enlightening.

We expect so much from you. In fact, they do.

-Follow me. -I didn't get...

I wanted to compliment the...

-Come, come. -Yes.

IT'S ALL ABOUT KARMA HAPPY FAMILY

Obviously, in a little while, Fabione De Luigi will be here.

He doesn't know anything, mind you.

So, there will be a showing

of his first movie.

The Flower-Catching Gun.

So, we're going to watch the home movie he filmed when he was 10 years old.

-Here we are. -Are you prone to heart attacks?

-Not that I'm aware of. -Strong emotions await you.

-Go, go. Are you sure? -No.

-Are you sure? -No.

-I'm always nervous. -Go.

-Trust me. -I'm going.

-Let's not do... -Go. I'm going, I'm going.

-May I? -Fabio De Luigi!

DEBUT FILM

Yes. Let's hug.

-Hello. -Hi.

Hi. Hi.

-Are you nervous? -I'm very nervous.

-Very nervous. -Fabio De Luigi!

Come, Fabio.

-You are a big jerk... -Nice. Hi.

Sorry.

-Fabio De Luigi. How are you? -I'm good.

Virginia Raffaele. How are you doing?

It's wonderful that you're here. It's an important evening. Are you happy?

I'm nervous. I'm very nervous.

-You love surprises, don't you? -Sure. They're my favorite thing.

-Are they? -Yes. What are you getting at?

-Are you in a hurry? -No, I'm hot.

I'm very hot.

So you're getting an award.

Why? How do you explain that?

I don't know. I had come to give a speech.

I was just supposed to make a speech. I didn't think...

-And yet, here we are. -It's a continuous commemoration.

-That sounds like you're dead. -As I'm still alive.

-To become a corpse there's still... -No.

-Tonight we'll watch all your films. -Yes.

Sounds fucking boring.

-If I may say so. -Look, half a meter-long career.

-A meter-long career. -Almost.

You're in all of those.

-So, this is for you. -What should I do?

-You should read it. -Okay.

I'll stay here.

Stay there, okay.

Bravo! Bravo!

-I'll start. -Start!

"Thank you for joining the 'Deluigiphiles,'

"the retrospective on the movies I've starred in and/or written

"and/or directed

"as actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and a very sensible artist."

That's true!

"I honor you with my presence tonight

"to offer you what I still consider to be

"the acme, the top, the peak,

"the pinnacle, the summit of my career."

Enjoy.

I'll sit now. Let the show begin.

Let the show begin!

-Now we can make out. -Make-out time.

-Finally. It seems like years... -Years, indeed.

...that we've been waiting.

-Has it started yet? -Not yet. Do you see anything?

-Are you nervous? -Yes, a bit.

I'm going to be so ashamed.

-I don't think so. -Yes.

THE FLOWER-CATCHING GUN

No...

That wasn't what you...

"I LOVE THE FRAGRANCE OF THESE FLOWERS..."

A great masterpiece.

That's Baffina.

"THAT FLOWER IS MINE!"

You see, we created special effects.

-This is amazing. -It's in stop motion.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FLOWER?"

I wonder what happened to my flower.

-The gesture... -I'm getting mad.

"DAMN YOU!"

-Basically Charlie Chaplin. -Now a rose pops out of Baffina's gun.

I'm not sure why.

-It's avant-garde cinema. -Of course.

That's the witty walk.

-Also slightly... -This one?

Then this punch. Rotational punch.

"OUCH!"

I'm making a statement...

"JUSTICE IS SERVED!"

The intimate moment.

-Experimenting. -See?

-And here is Chaplin. -Exactly.

That's also because they still used sesterces back then,

and the TV was in black and white.

THE END

-A round of applause! -Murnau.

Murnau.

-Fabio De Luigi. -Thank you. I'm touched.

I could watch these for hours.

There's another important actor, though. Who is it?

-No, I mean the one in the film. -Oh, that one.

-You're not... -I guess everybody knows him.

It's Baffina.

Ladies and gentlemen, Claudio, AKA "Baffina"!

Well... No way!

Bravo!

It's been 45, I mean, 45 years,

but he expressly came here to say something very important.