Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.
Unfortunately the movie The Friends At The Margherita Café is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Pupi Avati | Director |
Writing | Pupi Avati | Writer |
Production | Antonio Avati | Producer |
Production | Pupi Avati | Producer |
Sound | Lucio Dalla | Music |
Crew | Pasquale Rachini | Cinematography |
Camera | Pasquale Rachini | Director of Photography |
Editing | Amedeo Salfa | Editor |
Art | Giuliano Pannuti | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Steno Tonelli | Costume Design |
Production | Antonio Spoletini | Extras Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Carlotta Moricci | Set Costumer |
Production | Dario Di Vito | Post Production Producer |
Sound | Giampaolo Cantini | Music Supervisor |
Writing | Margherita Spampinato | Script Editor |
Crew | Gianfranco Alessandrelli | Driver |
Crew | Franco Rucco | Driver |
Production | As Chianese | Production Assistant |
Directing | Anna Cuocolo | Assistant Director |
Production | Fiammetta Alessandra De Nigris | Administration |
Production | Marco Ruggieri | Finishing Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Giammarco Gaeta | Additional Hairstylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Federico Laurenti | Key Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Marta Roggero | Makeup Artist |
Art | Pasquale Tricoci | Set Dresser |
Art | Walter Belli | Property Master |
Directing | Alvise Barbaro | Second Assistant Director |
Directing | Roberto Farina | First Assistant Director |
Production | Salvatore Lizzio | Trainee Production Coordinator |
Production | Giovanni Sinopoli | Trainee Production Coordinator |
Crew | Massimiliano Bianchi | Stunts |
Crew | Riccardo Mioni | Stunt Driver |
Crew | Stefano Maria Mioni | Stunt Coordinator |
Camera | Massimiliano Anzellotti | Grip |
Camera | Pasquale Cioffi | Grip |
Camera | Fabio Ciotto | Focus Puller |
Lighting | Giorgio De Marchis | Electrician |
Camera | Stefano Guidi | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Simone Gulli | Grip |
Camera | Alberto Marchiori | First Assistant Camera |
Camera | Giorgio Protti | Grip |
Lighting | Francesco Rachini | Chief Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Marco Rachini | Electrician |
Camera | Claudio Ricci | Key Grip |
Lighting | Angelo Russo | Electrician |
Camera | Riccardo Umetelli | Focus Puller |
Visual Effects | Francesco Cosatti | Digital Compositor |
Visual Effects | Pasquale Di Viccaro | Digital Compositor |
Visual Effects | Giulia Infurna | Digital Compositor |
Visual Effects | Fabio Luongo | Digital Compositor |
Visual Effects | Sara Paesani | Digital Compositor |
Visual Effects | Yuri Silvestri | Visual Effects |
Sound | Federico Amodio | Sound Effects Editor |
Sound | Tullio Arcangeli | Supervising Sound Editor |
Sound | Alessandro Doni | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | Andrea Doni | Sound Editor |
Sound | Fabio Sabatini | Boom Operator |
Sound | Ivan Sibio | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Alessandro Arcangeli | Foley Artist |
Sound | Arianna Arcangeli | Sound Effects Editor |
Writing | Pupi Avati | Idea |
Writing | Pupi Avati | Story |
Writing | Pupi Avati | Screenplay |
Writing | Margherita Spampinato | Novel |