Mani di velluto
- Adriano Celentano: Guido Quiller
- Eleonora Giorgi: Tilli
- Olga Karlatos: Petula
- Ania Pieroni: Maggie
- Guglielmo dittongo: Momo
- Gianni Zullo: Tillis grandfather
- John Sharp: butler
The millions of fingers ( reissue title), first published as a hands like velvet, the literal interpretation of the original title Mani di velluto, is an Italian comedy film from the year 1979. Adriano Celentano received for his performance the David di Donatello for Best Male Lead.
Action
The engineer Guido Quiller manufactures a safety glass, no longer relevant to the burglar. As a result, jewelers are no longer willing to pay insurance premiums as before, which enables an insurance company in concern. Happy Guido wants his fiancée Maggie married. His estranged wife Petula is only willing to agree to the divorce if he writes her the Company shares, which intends to sell them for 12 billion lire to the insurance company. Although he thus lost his entire fortune, Guido decides to take it.
No sooner has his plans Guido Maggie announces she is leaving him because she penniless no longer finds him interesting. When he grudge her on a Vespa forgotten her handbag, it is held by the thief Tilli mistaken for a " professional colleagues ". She saves him from a pool of water into which he has fallen, and takes the lesioned to live with him. Her family consists of auto shifters, pickpockets and would-be counterfeiters. While she cares for him, is her brother Momo for him or her a card with a new identity. Guido falls in love with the woman who gives himself but not as who he can be seen. Tilli and her family are angry at Guido Quiller, because he made them with his invention of life hard and her grandfather seated after he has been tried on such a showcase. To get him out, Tilli needs 15 million lire as a deposit. Guido raises the amount from the bank counter, is the process but against Tilli as hold out to impress them. As journalists Famiglia Cristiana the disguise, they steal from a Christian Democratic deputies. However, this Guido refunded the damage. In another coup they take from passengers and opera goers. In announcing the engagement of Guido and Tilli man raises an objection, which they had been promised since childhood. The race that will decide Guido wins for itself. In order for them " capture " an engagement ring, she set off together in a villa, a, claiming to know that there is a ring to pick up from it - it's his own villa, where he has deposited the ring. When the police surprised Tilli finally finds out that her fiance is in deed and in truth Guido Quiller angry and runs away. But soon he dragged her to a meeting with Petula and lawyers, where he transfers his shares and get a divorce. Tilli buttoned Petula the money again and makes off with Guido.
Reviews
The fishing Almanac movie told the huge box office success of the strip in Italy with the careful avoidance of any confrontation with reality. ". Takes back here doing good and not grimacing " He was one of the better works of comedian because this Likewise, it was said in the movie yearbook 1984 not Celentano, but his teammates are copyright of too much messing about; the main actor could bring many of his skills here. " Right perk " was the comedy, with " nice surprising ideas " and much to " laugh or smile " to go below, without a certain level. Even the lexicon of international film saw the strengths of the film at Celentano and his " generally respectable jokes " instead of the " mediocre " staging.