Asso (film)
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Asso is a comedy film
, directed by Franco Castellano
and Giuseppe Moccia
and released in 1981. The film stars Adriano Celentano
, Edwige Fenech
, Renato Salvatori
, Sylva Koscina
, Pippo Santonastaso, Gianni Magni and Elisabetta Viviani. It was filmed in Italy.
player, has just married his long-time love, Silvia, the most coveted woman in his neighborhood. For her sake, he promises to give up poker, but the unexpected arrival of a notorious player in town and his wife's permission push him into one last game, which he wins. But as he tries to return home the following morning, he is apprehended by the Killer, one of his closer acquaintances, who has been hired to do away with Asso himself.
Shot several times, Asso dies but returns as a ghost
out of worry for leaving his wife behind without any means of supporting herself. Because of their close bond, Silvia can see and hear him, but to anyone else Asso is invisible. After managing to convince his wife that he really is dead, he tries to get her remarried so she won't end up on the streets, and his choice falls on the feeble but rich banker Morgan. Morgan is of course delighted to win the attention of such a beautiful lady, but this invites the jealousy of Bretella, Asso's rival over Silvia's hand. As it turns out, Bretella had commissioned the Killer to assassinate Asso and now tries to hire him again to finish off Morgan. Shaken by remorse over killing Asso, the Killer refuses and even promises to go to the police, whereupon Bretella kills him and decides to do the job himself.
However, after getting a short leave of absence from Hell
, the Killer reveals Bretella's true intentions to Asso, who rushes to Morgan's protection. While he cannot prevent Bretella from kidnapping the banker, he does prevent him from getting killed and gets him arrested. In his desperation, however, Morgan has started praying to his dead wife for salvation, and once rescued, he revokes his courtship of Silvia due to what he perceives to be his wife's grace. Alone once more (save for Asso's company), Silvia returns to the gambling den where she met Asso for the first time, only to encounter a young card player who is a dead look-alike of Asso. Once she falls for him, Asso fades away and goes to Heaven, where God himself (Celentano) invites him to a round of poker and, following Asso's defeat, a rematch in about three thousand years.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
, directed by Franco Castellano
Franco Castellano
Franco Castellano was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 94 films between 1958 and 1997. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1992...
and Giuseppe Moccia
Giuseppe Moccia
Giuseppe Moccia was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997...
and released in 1981. The film stars Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...
, Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech is a French-born Italian actress and film producer.- Biography :Fenech was born in Bône , in French Algeria to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. From the late 1960s to early 1980s, Fenech starred in many types of European movies...
, Renato Salvatori
Renato Salvatori
Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca....
, Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:...
, Pippo Santonastaso, Gianni Magni and Elisabetta Viviani. It was filmed in Italy.
Plot
Asso, an ace pokerPoker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player, has just married his long-time love, Silvia, the most coveted woman in his neighborhood. For her sake, he promises to give up poker, but the unexpected arrival of a notorious player in town and his wife's permission push him into one last game, which he wins. But as he tries to return home the following morning, he is apprehended by the Killer, one of his closer acquaintances, who has been hired to do away with Asso himself.
Shot several times, Asso dies but returns as a ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
out of worry for leaving his wife behind without any means of supporting herself. Because of their close bond, Silvia can see and hear him, but to anyone else Asso is invisible. After managing to convince his wife that he really is dead, he tries to get her remarried so she won't end up on the streets, and his choice falls on the feeble but rich banker Morgan. Morgan is of course delighted to win the attention of such a beautiful lady, but this invites the jealousy of Bretella, Asso's rival over Silvia's hand. As it turns out, Bretella had commissioned the Killer to assassinate Asso and now tries to hire him again to finish off Morgan. Shaken by remorse over killing Asso, the Killer refuses and even promises to go to the police, whereupon Bretella kills him and decides to do the job himself.
However, after getting a short leave of absence from Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
, the Killer reveals Bretella's true intentions to Asso, who rushes to Morgan's protection. While he cannot prevent Bretella from kidnapping the banker, he does prevent him from getting killed and gets him arrested. In his desperation, however, Morgan has started praying to his dead wife for salvation, and once rescued, he revokes his courtship of Silvia due to what he perceives to be his wife's grace. Alone once more (save for Asso's company), Silvia returns to the gambling den where she met Asso for the first time, only to encounter a young card player who is a dead look-alike of Asso. Once she falls for him, Asso fades away and goes to Heaven, where God himself (Celentano) invites him to a round of poker and, following Asso's defeat, a rematch in about three thousand years.
Cast
- Adriano CelentanoAdriano CelentanoAdriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...
as Asso - Edwige FenechEdwige FenechEdwige Fenech is a French-born Italian actress and film producer.- Biography :Fenech was born in Bône , in French Algeria to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. From the late 1960s to early 1980s, Fenech starred in many types of European movies...
as Silvia - Renato SalvatoriRenato SalvatoriRenato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca....
as Bretella - Sylva KoscinaSylva KoscinaSylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:...
as Enrichetta - Pippo Santonastaso as Morgan
- Gianni Magni as The Killer
- Elisabetta Viviani as The Tourist
- Dino Cassio as The Commissioner
- Sandro Ghiani as The Cop
- Raffaele di Sipio as The Choreographer
- Gianni Musy as The Speaker
- Gerry Bruno as Ettore Bruno