---
title: 'The Best Man (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pupi Avati'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-best-man-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133413/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Best Man (1997)

1997 · 99 min · Comedy · Italy

Original title: Il testimone dello sposo

## Synopsis

The Best Man is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pupi Avati](https://cinepixo.com/people/pupi-avati)
- **Screenplay:** [Pupi Avati](https://cinepixo.com/people/pupi-avati)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Producer:** [Antonio Avati](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-avati), [Aurelio De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurelio-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasquale Rachini](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasquale-rachini)
- **Editor:** [Amedeo Salfa](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-salfa)

## Cast

- [Ugo Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-conti)
- [Diego Abatantuono](https://cinepixo.com/people/diego-abatantuono)
- [Mario Erpichini](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-erpichini)
- [Toni Santagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-santagata)
- [Inés Sastre](https://cinepixo.com/people/ines-sastre)
- [Nini Salerno](https://cinepixo.com/people/nini-salerno)
- [Ugo Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-conti-2)
- [Cinzia Mascoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinzia-mascoli)
- [Serena Bennato](https://cinepixo.com/people/serena-bennato)
- [Valeria D'Obici](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-d-obici)
- [Dario Cantarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-cantarelli)

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