Marrakech Express

Marrakech Express
Film poster
Directed byGabriele Salvatores
Written byUmberto Contarello
Carlo Mazzacurati
Enzo Monteleone
Produced byGianni Minervini
StarringDiego Abatantuono
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Cristina Marsillach
Giuseppe Cederna
Gigio Alberti
CinematographyItalo Petriccione
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byRoberto Ciotti
Distributed byColumbia Tri-Star Films Italia[1]
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Marrakech Express is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and starring Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach, Giuseppe Cederna, and Gigio Alberti. A classical road movie,[2] it was the first installment of Salvatores' trilogia della fuga ("escape trilogy"), followed by On Tour (1990) and the Academy Award winning Mediterraneo (1991). The cast of the three movies is partly the same; most notably, Diego Abatantuono has a leading role in all of them.

The plot revolves around a group of ex-high school friends that reunite in their 30s for a long journey together, and has been compared to Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill and Kevin Reynolds' Fandango. The soundtrack, that contributes to the nostalgic atmosphere of the movie, features original songs by blues guitarist and songwriter Roberto Ciotti as well as Italian evergreens from the 1970s such as L'anno che verrà by Lucio Dalla and La leva calcistica del '68 by Francesco De Gregori.

The screenplay was nominated for Premio Solinas.

  1. ^ "Marrakech Express (1989)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ Marrakech express Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Film-Review.it