Let's Not Keep in Touch

Let's Not Keep in Touch
Theatrical release poster

Italian	Perdiamoci di vista

Directed by	Carlo Verdone
Written by	Carlo Verdone Francesca Marciano
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Carlo Verdone Asia Argento
Cinematography	Danilo Desideri
Edited by	Antonio Siciliano
Music by	Fabio Liberatori
Production company	Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Distributed by	Penta Distribuzione
Release date	27 January 1994 (1994-01-27) (Italy)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	$4.2 million (Italy)^[1]

Let's Not Keep in Touch (Italian: Perdiamoci di vista) is a 1994 Italian comedy film written, directed by and starring Carlo Verdone.

For this film Asia Argento was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress.^[2]

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Plot

Gepy 'Fuxas' is the famous host of a television talk show for RAI in Rome. He has built his fame on the populist pursue of highly emotional scoops, trivializing the real problems of his public and faking over-the-top drama in order to increase his audience. One day a paraplegic girl, Arianna, exposes during the show Gepy's hypocrisy and his instrumental abuses of his guests' private life. The scandal leads to the show being canceled and Gepy being fired by the national broadcasting company. He tries in vain to recover his public image, and to find a second wind for his career, eventually accepting a job offer from a much smaller private network. The vulgarity of the program leads however him to abandon the show already during recordings of the pilot.

While Gepy's professional efforts aren't successful, on the personal side he starts to date Arianna and to gradually develop a more mature conscience. Their relationship however remains full of struggles, since Arianna remains very jealous of her independence, and Gepy seems unable to really accept her handicap as a permanent condition, aside which the girl however leads a very normal life. After reading by chance about a miraculous new therapy, he tricks Arianna to join him for a short vacation in Prague, and only on-site he reveals the real goal of their trip. After this unsuccessful attempt, the two appear to reconcile with their conditions and each others.

Cast

Carlo Verdone as Gepy Fuxas
Asia Argento as Arianna
Aldo Maccione as Antonazzi
Sonia Gessner as Magda
Cosima Costantini as Ambra
Anita Bartolucci as Elda

Reception

It was one of the top 10 highest-grossing Italian films for the year with a gross of $4.2 million.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Italy's Top 10 Domestic Films". Screen International. 21 April 1995. p. 13.
^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.