“Holidays in America” ​​on TV: how Don Buro was born, the (real) escape to Las Vegas and the other 7 secrets of the film

«This film is dedicated to our schoolmates from whom life has separated us…»: «Vacanze in America» begins with this dedication, a film directed by Carlo Vanzina in 1984. It tells of a group of students from a Catholic school who leave to the United States for a two-week holiday led by teachers don Rodolfo da Ceprano known as don Buro (played by Christian De Sica) and don Serafino (Renato Moretti). Among them Alessio Liberatore (Claudio Amendola), who also acts as narrator, Furio Pittigliani known as «Pappola» (Fabio Ferrari), De Blasio alias «marquis of the grullo» (Fabio Camilli), Filippo De Romanis (Gianmarco Tognazzi) – accompanied by his mother (Edwige Fenech) – and former student Peo Colombo (Jerry Calà). Perhaps not everyone knows that originally the film should have been simply entitled “America”, but after the success of “Vacanze di Natale” the previous year it was decided to continue riding the “holiday” trend. And this is just one of the many curiosities related to this film, which will be broadcast by Cine 34 at 10.47