Antonio (Enrico Salimbeni) may not have been the most energetic waiter in the most popular restaurant in this unfashionable Adriatic tourist town, but that is no reason for his boss not to pay him. When he takes the wages that he is owed out of the till, not only does the owner throw him out, but he has him beaten up, to boot. Enzo (Mario Adorf), the owner of a restaurant so far off the beaten track it is widely known as Abissinia rather than being called by its true name, takes him in. The leisurely pace of everything that is done at the restaurant leaves Antonio with plenty of time to put together the story of its owner and the love of his life, and how he, too, fell from culinary glory to his present obscurity.
Mario Adorf
as Enzo Pagnini
Grażyna Szapołowska
as Francesca
Enrico Salimbeni
as Antonio
Luca Zingaretti
as Marco
Paki Valente
as Renato Santalmassi
Danila Pisano
as Silvia
Elena Cantarone
as Lucy
Milena Vukotić
as Armida
Cristina Pellegrino
as Greta
Vincenzo Failla
as Ispettore
Ottavio Ferrari
as
Marco Giorgi
as
