Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills give sparkling performances as mismatched lovers in AVANTI!, a delightful romantic comedy, Billy Wilder style, meaning that its romanticism is curdled and its comedy is amusingly dark.
Wendell Ambruster (Jack Lemmon), a pushy American corporate executive, flies to the island of Ischia to claim the body of his father, who has died in a car crash while vacationing there. Wendell's plans to return immediately to Baltimore for the funeral are complicated by governmental red tape and
the long Italian weekend. Wendell's irritation continues after the hotel manager Carlucci (Clive Revill) informs him that his father died with a woman in his...
Released:
1972
Rated:
R
Length:
144 mins