Snack Bar Budapest

Snack Bar Budapest is a 1988 Italian neo-noir comedy film written and directed by Tinto Brass and starring Giancarlo Giannini. It is based on the novel with the same title by Marco Lodoli and Silvia Bre.

Snack Bar Budapest
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tinto Brass
Screenplay by	Tinto Brass
Based on	Snack Bar Budapest by Silvia Bre and Marco Lodoli
Starring	Giancarlo Giannini François Negret Raffaella Baracchi Philippe Léotard Carlo Monni
Cinematography	Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Edited by	Tinto Brass
Music by	Zucchero
Release date	22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

A disbarred lawyer (Giancarlo Giannini) is working as a debt collector for his partner Sapo (Philippe Léotard). Prostitute Milena (Raffaella Baracchi) impregnated by Sapo at an unnamed sea resort with a grotesque atmosphere (filmed in Lido di Ostia), he encounters the ambitious young ringleader Molecola (François Negret) who has bought several old recreational sites in the environs to turn the town into an "Italian Las Vegas", but the hotel-bar named "Snack Bar Budapest" run by a man (Carlo Monni) and his family remains an obstacle. Molecola needs a lawyer to legitimise the forceful eviction of Snack Bar Budapest and the lawyer agrees. However, a murder he commits brings him at odds with Molecola.

Cast

• Giancarlo Giannini: the lawyer
• François Negret: Molecola
• Raffaella Baracchi: Milena
• Philippe Léotard: Sapo
• Carlo Monni: the hotel keeper
• Sylvie Orcier: Carla
• Giorgio Tirabassi: Papera
• Valentine Demy: the prostitute
• Tinto Brass: the magistrate (cameo)

External links

• Snack Bar Budapest at IMDb