Lucy and Desi Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Lucy and Desi explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together. Their love for each other led to the most influential show in the history of television, I Love Lucy. Desi – an immigrant from Cuba who lost everything in exile, became a band leader, and eventually a brilliant producer and technical pioneer. Lucille came from nothing and, with an unrivaled work ethic, built a career as a model, chorus girl and eventually as an actor in the studio system. She found her calling in comedy, first in radio. When Lucille was finally granted the opportunity to have her own television show, she insisted that her real-life spouse, Desi, be cast as her husband. Defying the odds, they re-invented the medium, on the screen and behind the cameras. The foundation of I Love Lucy was the constant rupture and repair of unconditional love. What Lucy and Desi couldn’t make work with each other, they gave to the rest of the world.

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The film's director Amy Poehler last directed Moxie and Wine Country. The film's writer Mark Monroe last wrote Jim Henson Idea Man and The Beach Boys.

Director

Amy Poehler

Screenwriter

Mark Monroe

Producers

Jeanne Elfant Festa
Mark Monroe
Amy Poehler
Michael Rosenberg
Nigel Sinclair

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