Joan Lui

Joan Lui is a singer who has come from another world to condemn the hypocrisy and atrocities of the Western culture. When he arrives in Italy, he seeks to create a band composed of young and inexperienced musicians to better spread his message. After having exposed the deception of a major musical producer, Joan Lui disappears into thin air. Meanwhile, the world is plunged into a terrible apocalypse. ==Cast==

• Adriano Celentano: Joan Lui • Claudia Mori: Tina Foster • Marthe Keller: Judy Johnson • Federica Moro: Emanuela Carboni • Edwin Marian: Cap. Arthur • Gian Fabio Bosco: Winston • Mirko Setaro: Musico • Rita Rusic: Temple singer • Haruhiko Yamanouchi: Jarak • Piero Nuti: Franky • Edoardo Romano: Prime Minister • Sal Borgese: Frank • Gino Cogliandro: Bartender • Francesco Salvi: Journalist • Romano Puppo: Assassin ==Soundtrack==

• ''L'uomo perfetto'' • Sex without Love • Il tempio • Mistero • Lunedì • Qualcosa nascerà • Splendida e nuda • ''L'ora è guinta'' • La prima stella ==Production==

The film was the center of a dispute between Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Celentano as the producers decided, a month after theatrical release, to replace the original cut with another version with a different editing and 30 minutes shorter. ==Reception==

The film was a box office bomb, grossing 7.3 billion lire at the Italian box office in spite of a budget of about 20 billion lire. The film also received generally bad reviews. Morando Morandini described it as "an enormous music video based on visual shock, jam-packed with music, with some monumental sets and elaborate editing. A true festival of kitsch also on an ideological level". According to Paolo Mereghetti the film, "a personal reading of Christianity in musicals", "a personal delusion of omnipotence", and "a mock-apocalyptic madness that is just able to list the worst clichés of indifference". ==References==