| Thank You Guys | |
| Director: | Riccardo Milani |
| Producer: | Carlo Degli Esposti Lorenzo Gangarossa Mario Gianani Nicola Serra |
| Starring: |
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| Cinematography: | Saverio Guarna |
| Editing: | Patrizia Ceresani Francesco Renda |
| Music: | Davide Canori |
| Studio: | Palomar Wildside |
| Distributor: | Vision Distribution |
| Runtime: | 117 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Thank You Guys (Italian: Grazie ragazzi) is a 2023 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Riccardo Milani who co-wrote the screenplay with Michele Astori.[1] It stars Antonio Albanese[2] accompamied with Sonia Bergamasco, Vinicio Marchioni, Giacomo Ferrara, Giorgio Montanini, Andrea Lattanzi and Fabrizio Bentivoglio.[3] It is an Italian-language remake of the 2020 French film The Big Hit, inspired in turn by a true story that occurred in Diana in the 1980s.[4]
In the absence of job offers, Antonio, a passionate but often unemployed actor, accepts the job offered to him by an old friend and colleague, much smarter than him, as a teacher in a theater workshop at a penitentiary institute. Hesitant at first, he discovers talent in the unlikely company of inmates and this rekindles his passion and desire to do theater, to the point of convincing the stern prison director to cross the prison walls and stage the famous comedy by Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot on a real theater stage.[5]
The actors participating in this film are:[6]
Principal photography took place between the end of November and the beginning of December 2021 in Siena, Italy.[7]
Thank You Guys premiered on January 12, 2023, in Italian cinemas,[8] then had its television screening on June 12 of the same year on Sky Cinema.[9]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nastro d'Argento | Best Comedy | Thank You Guys | [10] [11] | |
| Best Comedy Actor | Antonio Albanese |