Fresh
Marvellous performances from Lemmon and Mills.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Avanti!
When someone knocks on your door and says permesso?... be careful before you say Avanti!
1972 · 2h 24m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Overview
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Director and cast
- Billy Wilder Director
- Jack Lemmon as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
- Juliet Mills as Pamela Piggott
- Clive Revill as Carlo Carlucci
- Edward Andrews as J.J. Blodgett
- Gianfranco Barra as Bruno
- Franco Angrisano as Arnold Trotta
- Pippo Franco as Mattarazzo
- Franco Acampora as Armando Trotta
- Giselda Castrini as Anna
- Raffaele Mottola Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Avanti! isn't a laugh-a-minute kind of a movie, and it's too long by maybe half an hour.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
This 1972 release is the most underrated of all Billy Wilder comedies and arguably the one that comes closest to the sweet mastery and lilting grace of his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Intermittently funny, charming, cute and, unfortunately, over-long.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
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