Italian film director credited as director of Miracoloni (1981) and Al bar dello sport (1983).

Directed Miracoloni (1981) and Al bar dello sport (1983). Miracoloni's subject and screenplay credits include Gianfranco Manfredi, Enrico Vanzina, and Francesco Massaro; Al bar dello sport is based on a screenplay by Franco Ferrini, Enrico Vanzina, and Enrico Oldoini.

Two DeBaser reviews discuss Francesco Massaro's early-1980s comedies. Miracoloni is read as a transitional, slightly blasphemous but coherent comedy with big laughs. Al bar dello sport is praised for its sociological portrait of Turin and a strong Lino Banfi performance.

For:Fans of Italian comedy, 1980s cinema, and sociological film portraits.

 I was expecting a light, vulgar, and senseless film—one of those where you fall asleep halfway through and it's still okay. Instead, I found myself dealing with a crazy yet anything but incoherent comedy, somewhat blasphemous but sensibly provocative.

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 Directed by the not-too-famous Francesco Massaro, "Al bar dello sport" ('83) is based on the solid screenplay by Franco Ferrini, Enrico Vanzina, and Enrico Oldoini, who, in certain aspects, move to the Savoyard capital, and its mixes, atmospheres so dear to Steno's old masterpiece, "Febbre da cavallo", here too staging the small follies and great hopes that, in the industrial Italy of the early '80s, were correlated to the mythical football pool card, now pure modern memorabilia replaced by online betting.

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