comedians

WITH ALE & FRANZ, NATALINO BALASSO, MARCO BONADEI, WALTER LEONARDI, GIULIO PRANNO, VINCENZO ZAMPA AND WITH CHRISTIAN DE SICA

Based on the play of the same name by Trevor Griffiths, written and directed by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Savatores, Comedians offers a reflection on the meaning of comedy in our time, addressing issues of absolute topicality. 

Six aspiring comedians, tired of the mediocrity of their lives, at the end of an evening course in stand-up, prepare for their first performance in a club. Among the audience is an examiner, who will choose one of them for a television programme. For all of them it is the big chance to change their lives, for some it may be their last. The performances begin and each comedian goes on stage with a big dilemma: to respect the teachings of their teacher, devoted to intelligent and uncompromising comedy, or to twist their act to suit the examiner's much less refined taste? Or perhaps seek a third way, one of absolute originality?