Avanti! (1972) NEW DVD
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UPC-027616887610
Region 1, Widescreen. English, French audio
Jack Lemmon and director Billy Wilder make a wry, melancholy comedy that was completely out of touch with its time. It may have flopped badly in 1972, but it wears well in retrospect. Lemmon plays a jerk American businessman called to Italy to pick up the body of his father, who died while enjoying a secret liaison with a mistress. With the help of a delightful Englishwoman (Juliet Mills) who happens to be the daughter of the ''other woman,'' Lemmon finds himself stepping in a few of Dad's footsteps, and falling under the sway of the beguiling Italian atmosphere.
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