Physical Jerks (Italian: In barca a vela contromano) is a 1997 Italian comedy film directed by Stefano Reali. It is an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical comedy play by the same Reali.
The English version of its title is the (chiefly British) informal term for physical exercise.
, 1h40 Réalisé parPaolo Virzì OrigineItalie GenresGuerre, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Historique ActeursDaniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Elio Germano, Sabrina Impacciatore, Valerio Mastandrea, Margarita Lozano Note61% 18 mai 1814 : Napoléon Bonaparte, après la défaite de Leipzig, est envoyé en exil à l'île d'Elbe. Pour réorganiser la bibliothèque et écrire ses réflexions, il choisit le jeune professeur Martino Papucci, récemment licencié en raison de ses idées politiques subversives. Celui-ci se met en tête d'assassiner l'empereur. Il est par ailleurs amoureux de la baronne Emilia, mariée à un aristocrate et qui est sur le point de retourner à Naples.
GenresDrame, Comédie, Policier ActeursGiovanna Mezzogiorno, Valerio Mastandrea, Ennio Fantastichini, Anna Romantowska, Roberto Citran, Ivan Franek Note67% The movie is set against the marvellous city of Rome as Davide Marengo's crime story revolves around two main characters, a female thief, Leila (Mezzogiorno), whose modus operandi of looting her victims is by administering drugs or seducing them, and a lonely bus driver, Franz (Mastandrea), who is up to his neck in debt. The real story advances when the duo happens to come into possession of a valuable microchip valued at 4 million euros. The film's plot comes across more twists as a pair of hardened criminals, Garafano (Pannofino) and Diolaiti (Citran), and a retired intelligence officer, Carlo Matera (Fantastichini), enter the scene.