Movies like “The Shorts” by Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo

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   Ask Me If I'm Happy

   Shared cast

   2000 · 100 min · Comedy

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   Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same woman tears their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Three Men and a Leg

   Shared cast

   1997 · 98 min · Comedy

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   Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.

   Why it connects

   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Anplagghed al Cinema

   Same director

   2006 · 95 min · Comedy · Fantasy

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   A queue at the ATM machine, a displaced family after a seismic shock that has half-washed their home, a tour within an art gallery, moments of everyday life that become the cues for the emergence of comic, farce, paradoxical situations – trademarks of one of the most successful Italian comic groups.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • several principal cast members

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   Have You Met Claudia?

   Shared cast

   2004 · 94 min · Comedy

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   Claudia is married with Giovanni, a rather dull type. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced, until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who'll win her heart?

   Why it connects

   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: A.Gi.Di.

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   The Legend of Al, John and Jack

   Shared cast

   2002 · 105 min · Comedy · Crime

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   Hapless Depression-era gangsters Al, John and Jack find out their boss wants to get rid of them and come up with a plan to sell him to the FBI, but Al's short-term memory loss could make it difficult.

   Why it connects

   • several principal cast members
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared production studio: A.Gi.Di.

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   I could have been offended!

   Shared cast

   2001 · 93 min · Comedy

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   Live stage recording of the stand-up comedy show, with sketches and videos of old skits from 'Mai dire Gol'.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Cosmos on the Commode

   Shared cast

   2008 · 100 min · Comedy

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   Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.

   Why it connects

   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: A.Gi.Di.

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   The Santa Claus Gang

   Shared cast

   2010 · 100 min · Comedy

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   On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...

   Why it connects

   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: A.Gi.Di.

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   Ammutta Muddica al Cinema

   Same director

   2013 · 105 min · Comedy

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   Film adaptation of the theatrical show Ammutta muddica performed by the trio composed of Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo. The protagonist of the various sketches is the common everyday life, full of bizarre characters and comic situations.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • several principal cast members

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    Talcum Powder

    Similar atmosphere

    1982 · 97 min · Comedy

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    Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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