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Wikipedia article




'Joan Lui' (also known as 'Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di luned') is a 1985 Italian musical-comedy film by Adriano Celentano. It was the fourth and the last films Celentano wrote, starred in and directed.

Plot



Joan Lui is a singer who has come from another world to condemn the hypocrisy and atrocities of the Western culture. When he arrives in Italy, he seeks to create a band composed of young and inexperienced musicians to better spread his message. After having exposed the deception of a major musical producer, Joan Lui disappears into thin air. Meanwhile, the world is plunged into a terrible apocalypse.

Cast



*Adriano Celentano: Joan Lui

*Claudia Mori: Tina Foster

*Marthe Keller: Judy Johnson

*Federica Moro: Emanuela Carboni

*Edwin Marian: Cap. Arthur

*Gian Fabio Bosco: Winston

*Mirko Setaro: Musico

*Rita Rusic: Temple singer

*Haruhiko Yamanouchi: Jarak

*Piero Nuti: Franky

*Edoardo Romano: Prime Minister

*Sal Borgese: Frank

*Gino Cogliandro: Bartender

*Francesco Salvi: Journalist

*Romano Puppo: Assassin

Soundtrack



# 'L'uomo perfetto'

# 'Sex without Love'

# 'Il tempio'

# 'Mistero'

# 'Luned'

# 'Qualcosa nascer'

# 'Splendida e nuda'

# 'L'ora guinta'

# 'La prima stella'

Production



The film was the center of a dispute between Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Celentano as the producers decided, a month after theatrical release, to replace the original cut with another version with a different editing and 30 minutes shorter.

Reception



The film was a box office bomb, grossing 7.3 billion lire at the Italian box office in spite of a budget of about 20 billion lire.

The film also received generally bad reviews. Morando Morandini described it as "an enormous music video based on visual shock, jam-packed with music, with some monumental sets and elaborate editing. A true festival of kitsch also on an ideological level". According to Paolo Mereghetti the film, "a personal reading of Christianity in musicals", "a personal delusion of omnipotence", and "a mock-apocalyptic madness that is just able to list the worst clichs of indifference".

References




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