Physical Jerks

{{Infobox film | name = Physical Jerks | image = Physical Jerks.jpg | caption = | director = Stefano Reali | writer = | starring = | music = Marco Pontecorvo | cinematography = Mauro Pagani | editing = | producer = | released = {{Film date|1997}} | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''Physical Jerks''''' ({{langx|it|'''In barca a vela contromano'''}}) is a 1997 Italian comedy film directed by Stefano Reali. It is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical comedy play by the same Reali.<ref name="90s">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roberto Nepoti|title=Scuola di vita in una corsia|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/09/28/scuola-di-vita-in-una-corsia.html?ref=search|access-date=23 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=28 September 1997}}</ref>

The English version of its title is the (chiefly British) informal term for physical exercise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/physical-jerks |title=Definition of "physical jerks" |work=Collins English Dictionary |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>

== Cast ==

* Valerio Mastandrea: Massimo Migliarini * Antonio Catania: Luigi "Gigi" Bonsanti * Maurizio Mattioli: Carlo * Emanuela Rossi: Wanda * Pierfrancesco Favino: Castrovillari * Davide Bechini: Giorgio Cupreo * Enrico Brignano: Zinna * Raffaele Vannoli: Brianza

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0127603}}

Category:1997 films Category:1997 comedy films Category:Italian comedy films Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films set in hospitals Category:Italian films based on plays Category:1997 Italian films Category:Films scored by Mauro Pagani