Ventitré

Jan 21, 2004

1h 46m

★ 4.0

Overview

In a small village of Naples three friends, Francis, Mimmo and Lello, manage to get a meeting with three beautiful Bulgarian girls known on the Internet, scheduled for Christmas. The wives alarmed try to stir the spirits of the three hot husbands, but the whole thing is just a trick of three Bulgarians with intent to deprive the people of their assets in the country and that the girls will not.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

De Angelis Group

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Cast

Francesco

Francesco De Fraia

Mimmo

Mimmo Manfredi

Lello

Raffaele Ferrante

Sonia

Linda Batista

Gaetano Amato

Ernesto Mahieux

Anna

Barbara Rizzo

Peppino

Peppe Iodice

Lucia

Vanessa Galipoli

Don Giacinto

Raffaele Ferriere

Luigi

Nicola Di Pinto

Adelina

Milvia Marigliano

San Gennaro (voce narrante)

Bruno Pizzul

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