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* HiddenDepths: Lello shows a lot of knowledge about Italian classics, and immediately figures out that Marta's story is about her relationship with Gaetano.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Gaetano's insecurities have led him to become self-centred.



* RunningGag: Whenever Gaetano mentions he is travelling from Milan, he is always referred to as an emigrant.

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* RunningGag: Whenever Gaetano mentions he is travelling from Milan, he is always referred to as an emigrant. Eventually, he gives up trying to correct people.
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* TheGoodShepherd: Frankie the missionary, who lets Gaetano stay with him during his time in Florence.

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* TheGoodShepherd: GoodShepherd: Frankie the missionary, who lets Gaetano stay with him during his time in Florence.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Gaetano and Lello.
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]: Towards the end, Marta admits [[spoiler:she has slept with a seventeen year old boy. and that he may be the father of her child.]]

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Gaetano and Lello.
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]: Towards the end, Marta admits [[spoiler:she has slept with a seventeen year old boy. and that he may be the father of her child.]]
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* HelloNurse: Marta.

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* The Danza: Lello Arena as Raffaele "Lello" Sodano.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Gatetano often dreams that he is fighting in a war, but his gun always jams or otherwise fails to work. He reasons that, being an insomniac, he has gotten to sleep much later than everyone else, who have taken the opportunity to secure the best weapons for themselves.

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* The Danza: ContrivedCoincidence: On his first day in Florence, Gaetano just happens to spot Marta in front of him; except he can't bring himself to approach her, instead electing to run around the block and bump into her.
* TheDanza:
Lello Arena as Raffaele "Lello" Sodano.
* DrivenToSuicide: An almost literal example with the man who picks Gaetano up on the autostrada, only to begin talking about how his life is deteriorating and suicide is the only option, specifically suicide by car crash. Gaetano frantically tries to talk him out of it before he is able to take the man to a mental institute.
* EgocentricallyReligious: Gaetano's father Ugo speaks to the Virgin Mary every night about restoring his arm, and suggests to his priest that perhaps that God just hasn't gotten round to fixing his arm yet.
* HelloNurse: Marta.
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InsaneTrollLogic: Gatetano Gaetano often dreams that he is fighting in a war, but his gun always jams or otherwise fails to work. He reasons that, being an insomniac, he has gotten to sleep much later than everyone else, who have taken the opportunity to secure the best weapons for themselves.themselves.
* TheGoodShepherd: Frankie the missionary, who lets Gaetano stay with him during his time in Florence.
* TheLoad: Lello turns up when Gaetano is barely settled in Florence seeking a place to stay, and insists Gaetano accompany him until they find a suitably priced bed and breakfast. Whilst Lello sits on the handlebars of Gaetano's bicycle no less.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler: Marta doesn't know if her baby is Gaetano's or a school boy she slept with.]]
* MrsRobinson: Marta, [[spoiler: as we later discover, has slept with a seventeen year old schoolboy]].
* MyBelovedSmother: Robertino's mother, which has led to him becoming extremely awkward.
* NiceGuy: Gaetano, who generally tries to what's best for people (thought this sometimes backfires on him). Also Frankie, the missionary that he stays with.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Not quite, but Gaetano becomes quite disturbed at the thought of his aunt's affair with a famous professor (who is surprisingly frank and friendly about the matter.)
* RunningGag: Whenever Gaetano mentions he is travelling from Milan, he is always referred to as an emigrant.
** Lello's tendency to ring the alarm bell or the phone whilst he is just outside the door.
** Gaetano trying to use telepathy on objects in order to gain fame and fortune.
* VerbalTic: The madman in the asylum has "pride and dignity!" ("Orgoglio e dignità").

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''Ricomincio da Tre'' (translated to English as ''I'm Starting from Three'') is the first film made by Massimo Trosi, later of the Film/IlPostino fame. Troisi stars as Gaetano, a young Neapolitan who is [[SmallTownBoredom bored of life at home]] and longs to [[SetOutAndFindOneself travel the world.]] He goes to stop with his aunt in Florence, and along the way meets a host of unusual characters; one of whom may turn out to be his true love.

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''Ricomincio da Tre'' (translated to English as ''I'm Starting from Three'') is the first film made by Massimo Trosi, later of the Film/IlPostino fame. Troisi stars as Gaetano, a young Neapolitan who is [[SmallTownBoredom bored of life at home]] and longs to [[SetOutAndFindOneself [[JourneyToFindOneself travel the world.]] He goes to stop with his aunt in Florence, and along the way meets a host of unusual characters; one of whom may turn out to be his true love.



* RealLifeRelative: Massimo Troisi (Gaetano)'s father is played by his own father Lino.



* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]: Towards the end, Marta admits [[spoiler: she has slept with a seventeen year old boy. and that he may be the father of her child.]]

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* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]: Towards the end, Marta admits [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she has slept with a seventeen year old boy. and that he may be the father of her child.]]
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''Ricomincio da Tre'' (translated to English as ''I'm Starting from Three'') is the first film made by Massimo Trosi, later of the Film/IlPostino fame. Troisi stars as Gaetano, a young Neapolitan who is [[SmallTownBoredom bored of life at home]] and longs to [[SetOutAndFindOneself travel the world.]] He goes to stop with his aunt in Florence, and along the way meets a host of unusual characters; one of whom may turn out to be his true love.
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*The Danza: Lello Arena as Raffaele "Lello" Sodano.
*InsaneTrollLogic: Gatetano often dreams that he is fighting in a war, but his gun always jams or otherwise fails to work. He reasons that, being an insomniac, he has gotten to sleep much later than everyone else, who have taken the opportunity to secure the best weapons for themselves.
*RealLifeRelative: Massimo Troisi (Gaetano)'s father is played by his own father Lino.
*WithFriendsLikeThese: Gaetano and Lello.
*[[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]: Towards the end, Marta admits [[spoiler: she has slept with a seventeen year old boy. and that he may be the father of her child.]]

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