Magical Nights

{{short description|2018 Italian film directed by Paolo Virzi}} {{Infobox film | name = Magical Nights | native_name = Notti magiche | image = Magical Night poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Paolo Virzì | producer = Marco Belardi Ivan Fiorini | writer = Francesca Archibugi Francesco Piccolo Paolo Virzì | starring = Mauro Lamantia Giovanni Toscano Irene Vetere Roberto Herlitzka Giancarlo Giannini | cinematography = Vladan Radovic | music = Carlo Virzì | editing = Jacopo Quadri | studio = Rai Cinema | distributor = 01 Distribution | released = {{Film date|2018|11|08|df=y}} | runtime = 110 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''Notti magiche''''' (''Magical Nights'') is an Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/bac-films-gets-lured-by-paolo-virzis-magical-nights-exclusive-1202605629/|title=Bac Films Lured by Paolo Virzi's 'Magical Nights' |publisher=Variety|date=2 November 2017|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.cinecitta.com/EN/en/news/112/74657/paolo-virzi-s-magical-nights-at-the-rome-film-fest.aspx|title=Paolo Virzì's "Magical Nights" at the Rome Film Fest|publisher=news.cinecitta.com|date=25 June 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref> an homage to the season of the Italian-style comedy.<ref name=rep>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2018/09/28/news/notti_magiche_paolo_virzi_cinema-207630641/|title='Notti magiche', l'amarcord di Virzì: "Un film sul cinema e sulle illusioni della gioventù"|publisher=La Repubblica|date=28 September 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/362612/|title=Review: Magical Nights|publisher=Cineuropa.org|date=29 October 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>

==Plot== On 3 July 1990, during the semi-final between Italy and Argentina at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, a film producer is found dead in the Tiber and three young aspiring screenwriters are the main suspects in the murder. During a night in the barracks, their sentimental and ironic journey is traced, describing the splendour and misery of a glorious period of the Italian cinema that is slowly fading away.

==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Mauro Lamantia as Antonino Scordia * Giovanni Toscano as Luciano Ambrogi * Irene Vetere as Eugenia Malaspina * Roberto Herlitzka as Fulvio Zappellini * Giancarlo Giannini as Leandro Saponaro * Ornella Muti as Federica * Giulio Berruti as Max Andrei * Giulio Scarpati as Salvatore Malaspina * Paolo Bonacelli as Ennio {{div col end}}

==Distribution== The film has been presented on 27 October 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/10/27/festa-del-cinema-di-roma-chiude-paolo-virzi-con-notti-magiche-un-film-che-celebra-larte-dellirriverenza/4724244/|title=Festa del Cinema di Roma, chiude Paolo Virzì con Notti magiche: "Un film che celebra l'arte dell'irriverenza"|publisher=Il Fatto Quotidiano|date=27 October 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref> at the Rome Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romacinemafest.it/news/festa-del-cinema-di-roma/2018/06/25/romaff13-le-prime-anticipazioni/|title=#RomaFF13 - Le prime anticipazioni della tredicesima edizione|publisher=romacinemafest.it|date=25 June 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref> and came out in the Italian theatres on 8 November 2018.<ref name=rep />

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Category:2018 films Category:2018 comedy films Category:Italian comedy films Category:2018 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Paolo Virzì Category:Films set in 1990 Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films about screenwriters Category:Films scored by Carlo Virzì Category:Italian-language comedy films