Can two adults find happiness at their parents’ funeral? Billy Wilder re-teams with his Some Like It Hot / The Apartment star Jack Lemmon for Avanti!, a devilishly wry and seriously underrated dark comedy with Lemmon as an uptight businessman traveling to Italy to arrange the return of his father’s body. But all does not go as planned when he falls for the daughter (Juliet Mills) of his father’s mistress. Featuring gorgeous vacation scenery, a belly full of laughs and a Golden Globe winning performance by Jack Lemmon!
“This 1972 release is the most underrated of all Billy Wilder comedies and arguably the one that comes closest to the sweet mastery and lilting grace of his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
