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Alberto Express

1990 French film

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Alberto Express is a 1990 French comedy film directed by Arthur Joffé. It was coproduced with Italy, where it was released as In viaggio con Alberto. For his performance Sergio Castellitto was awarded at Montreal World Film Festival.

01Plot

The film involves Alberto's attempt to fulfill a family tradition, in which he must repay his father for the cost of his upbringing, before the birth of his first child. Shortly before his wife gives birth, he rushes onto a train from Paris to Rome, suffering comic misadventures along the way.

02Cast

Sergio Castellitto: Alberto Capuana
Nino Manfredi: Alberto's father
Marie Trintignant: Clara
Marco Messeri: Ticket inspector
Jeanne Moreau: The baroness
Angela Goodwin: The mother
Michel Aumont: The debtor
Thomas Langmann: Young Alberto
Dominique Pinon: The driver

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