Ecce bombo
Ecce Bombo is a 1978 Italian comedy film, written, starring and directed by Nanni Moretti. It was filmed in 16 mm but released in 35 mm. It was Moretti's first commercial success.
Plot
Michele Apicella, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four friends don't know what to do, though young and with so many possibilities to find a job in life. Intellectuals marginalized and misunderstood, the four friends find themselves when they can in a restaurant to discuss their outlandish theories. A girl named Olga disrupts their life, but Michele is his favorite, although he does not know what to do with the girls.
Cast
Nanni Moretti - Michele Apicella
Luisa Rossi - Michele's mother
Lina Sastri - Olga
Piero Galletti - Goffredo
Susanna Javicoli - Silvia
Cristina Manni - Cristina
Lorenza Ralli - Michele's sister Valentina
Maurizio Romoli - Flaminia's husband Cesare
Carola Stagnaro - Flaminia
Fabio Traversa - Mirko