A Chinese in a Coma

A Chinese in a Coma
Directed by	Carlo Verdone
Written by	Carlo Verdone Pasquale Plastino Giovanni Veronesi
Produced by	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Carlo Verdone Giuseppe Fiorello
Cinematography	Danilo Desideri
Release date	1 March 2000 (2000-03-01) (Italy)
Running time	1h 48min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

A Chinese in a Coma (Italian: C'era un cinese in coma) is a 2000 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.[1]

Plot

Ercole is a manager in Rome who has to find a new actor for the public, given that his company is in crisis. One day Ercole discovers that his young driver Nicola is very good at telling comic jokes, with little sexual touches, and then he takes advantage of the new idea of a "comedian and sexy" actor to make a success in the entertainment world again. However Nicola, a shy boy, becomes arrogant and spoiled, and slowly destroys the life of his manager.

Cast

• Carlo Verdone - Ercole Preziosi
• Giuseppe Fiorello - Nicola "Niki" Renda
• Marit Nissen [it] - Eva
• Anna Safroncik - Maruska
• Nanni Tamma [it] - Tiepolo
• Giorgia Bongianni [it] - Daniela
• Lucio Caizzi [it] - Rudy Sciacca
• Antonia Liskova - Melanie

References

1. "A Chinese in a coma (C'era un cinese in coma) - 2000 - films released 2000 - 2021 - films & docu".

External links

• A Chinese in a Coma at IMDb