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Critic David Parkinson
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Gentle and touching satirical drama with Lemmon on form...

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Cast & Crew

Billy Wilder
Director
Jack Lemmon
As Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
Clive Revill
As Carlo Carlucci
Maria Tedeschi
As Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Janet Ågren
As Nurse
Edward Andrews
As J.J. Blodgett

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When a successful businessman travels to Italy to retrieve his father's body, he discovers a surprise that upends his life. His father died with his mistress of ten years, and now the man's daughter and her mother's lover are tangled in a web of romance, blackmail, and extortion. As the bodies of the deceased go missing, the living must navigate a whirlwind of Italian traditions, bureaucracy, and passion. Will they find love and closure amidst the chaos?

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Avanti! was released in theaters on December 17, 1972.