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Sono solo fantasmi
Maybe it seems to be done on purpose. One makes cinepanettoni and is,
rightly, criticize. One makes a comedy (vaguely horror) and is
criticizing as the same, to that cinepanettoni was better. Well,
unfortunately that's the way things goes and this attempt by Christian
De Sica to do something different ends up being a failure. De Sica with
his son Brando is in charge of directing a story written by Menotti and
Guglianone (those of "Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot") and screenplay by
Bassi, Di Capua and Ansanelli, all authors of modern Italian comedy.
"Sono solo fantasmi" would like to be an Italian version of
"Ghostbusters" with a possible familiar metaphor with the "ghost" of
Vittorio De Sica (played by Christian De Sica) raging. According to the
chronicles, Vittorio was not an easy father and artistically his
"ghost" weighed a lot on the career of his son who decided to waste his
skill (great skill) doing what we know. However it's another story.
Let's go back to the "Ghostbusters" that here become a poor Italian
version placing the story between gags, beliefs and misunderstandings
and a romantic vein, staying away from an amused horror aspect that
instead was in Reitman's film. But if nothing else Naples is a very
good setting.
Everything is trapped in a light structure, which does not affect that much even when looking for a horror path.
The Roman actor is the very mediocre illusionist Thomas, who following
the news of his father's death returns to Naples for the fulfilment of
the case. His brother Carlo, played by Carlo Buccirosso, has been
living in Milan for some time and speaks and behaves like a Milanese.
The two discover they have a brother named Ugo, played by Gianmarco
Tognazzi (here is another with an important father) who suffers from
mental disorders.
The inherited father left only debts and an old apartment that is said
to be haunted. And here the obvious dynamics breaks out, with the ghost
of his father (that is Vittorio De Sica) that creates problems and
helps his children against a witch who wants to avenge. The three
protagonists then become true Ghostbusters with a van, but it is clear
that Reitman's band was definitely another thing. Romantic closing with
Vittorio De Sica who walks away greeting the children.
