Marrakech Express
Marrakech Express is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and starring Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach, Giuseppe Cederna, and Gigio Alberti. A classical road movie, it was the first installment of Salvatores' trilogia della fuga ("escape trilogy"), followed by On Tour (1990) and the Academy Award winning Mediterraneo (1991). The cast of the three movies is partly the same; most notably, Diego Abatantuono has a leading role in all of them.
Plot
Marco (Bentivoglio) is visited at home by a girl named Teresa (Marsillach) who claims to be the girlfriend of Rudy (Massimo Venturiello), an old college and friend of Marco's. She tells Marco that Rudy has been jailed in Morocco for possession of hashish, and has sent her over to his old friends to collect the 30 million lire that are needed to bribe a judge and buy his acquittal.
More details
author | Carlo Mazzacurati Enzo Monteleone Umberto Contarello |
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contentLocation | Morocco |
director | Gabriele Salvatores |
editor | Nino Baragli |
keywords | alp car dealer desolation angels end futsal futsal team hashish hide home alone italian lira jack kerouac jail kerouac lira marrakech nothing old friends pick up read strait of gibraltar tattoo their way turkish bath used car dealer wait |
musicBy | Roberto Ciotti |
producer | Gianni Minervini |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
recordedAt | Milan |
theme | road movie |