Under the Chinese Restaurant

Under the Chinese Restaurant

expanding on reception, release and other details

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| image = Under the Chinese Restaurant.jpg
| image = Under the Chinese Restaurant.jpg
| caption = Italian theatrical release poster by [[Enzo Sciotti]]
| caption = Italian theatrical release poster by [[Enzo Sciotti]]
| director = [[Bruno Bozzetto]]
| director = [[Bruno Bozzetto]]{{sfn|Young|1991}}
| writer = Bruno Bozzetto
Fabio Comana
| writer = {{plainlist|* Bruno Bozzetto
* Fabio Comana{{sfn|Young|1991}}}}
| starring =
| starring =
| music = Roberto Frattini
| music = Ugo Rossi{{sfn|Young|1991}}
| cinematography = Agostino Castiglioni
| cinematography = Agostino Castiglioni{{sfn|Young|1991}}
| editing =
| editing = Roberto Frattini{{sfn|Young|1991}}
| released = {{Film date|1987}}
| released = {{Film date|1987|4|16|Milan, Italy}}
| country = Italy
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| language = Italian
}}
}}


'''''Under the Chinese Restaurant''''' ({{langx|it|Sotto il ristorante cinese}}, also known as ''Trouble in Paradise'') is a 1987 Italian [[Comedy film#Fantasy comedy|fantasy-comedy film]] written and directed by [[Bruno Bozzetto]]. It is the first and only live action film by Bozzetto.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=887742429X}}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}
'''''Under the Chinese Restaurant''''' ({{langx|it|Sotto il ristorante cinese}}, also known as ''Trouble in Paradise''{{fact|date=April 2026}}) is a 1987 Italian [[Comedy film#Fantasy comedy|fantasy-comedy film]] written and directed by [[Bruno Bozzetto]]. It is the first and only live action film by Bozzetto.{{cite book|first=Roberto |last=Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese|year=2000|isbn=887742429X}}{{page needed|date=April 2026}}{{cite book|first=Paolo|last=Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore|year=2010|isbn=8860736269}}{{page needed|date=April 2026}}


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
*[[Claudio Botosso]] as Ivan
*[[Amanda Sandrelli]] as Eva
*Claudia Lawrence as Bibi
*[[Bernard Blier]] as The Professor
*[[Nancy Brilli]] as Ursula
*[[Giuseppe Cederna]] as Giovanni
*[[Cinzia Monreale]] as The Robber
* [[Haruhiko Yamanouchi]] as The Chinese Chef


==Release and reception==
*[[Claudio Botosso]]: Ivan
''Sotto il ristorante cinese'' was released on April 16 in Milan, Turin, Genoa and Naples, Italy.{{cite news|newspaper={{ill|Associazione Generale Italiana dello Spettacolo|it|lt=Giornale dello Spettacolo}}|date=August 28, 1987|title=Programmazioni Cinematografichie nella stagione 1986-87|trans-title=Film Programme for the 1986–87 Season|volume=XLIII|issue=28|location=Rome, Italy|p=VI|language=Italian}}
*[[Amanda Sandrelli]]: Eva

*Claudia Lawrence: Bibi
Deborah Young of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewed the film at the [[Cannes Film Market]] on May 9, 1987 and found the film well filmed as a whole, while adding that the "erotic candor sometimes seems precocious for kids who'd go for such an innocent tale."{{sfn|Young|1991}}{{sfn|Bart|1991|p=3}}
*[[Bernard Blier]]: The Professor
*[[Nancy Brilli]]: Ursula
*[[Giuseppe Cederna]]: Giovanni
*[[Cinzia Monreale]]: The Robber
* [[Haruhiko Yamanouchi]]: The Chinese Chef


==References==
==References==
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===Sources===
* {{cite magazine | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| last=Bart | first=Peter | author-link=Peter Bart | date=August 5, 1991 | page=3 | title=Signing off on 'sigs'}}
* {{cite book|title=Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988|volume=20|publisher=[[R. R. Bowker]]|isbn=0-8352-2667-0|year=1991|at=There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "May 20, 1987"|first=Deborah|last=Young|title=Variety Film Reviews}}


==External links==
==External links==