André Ricciardi in a still from “André is an Idiot” by Anthony Benna, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.By Shelby Shaw“Cancer’s not funny, but André definitely is,” director Tony Benna says when asked how André is an Idiot came together, a documentary profiling creative André Ricciardi during his yearslong battle with cancer.

3 days ago · The “André” in question is André Ricciardi, a San Francisco man who begins the documentary by recounting an unfortunate story of teenage masturbation that left him with splinters in his penis.

2 days ago · André Is an Idiot is a documentary exploring the last years of hilariously irreverent André Ricciardi’s life after his Stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis.

2 days ago · Ricciardi was a grungy, wild-haired ad creative partly responsible for some extremely well-known advertising campaigns over the last two decades. We’re introduced to him in the opening minutes of André Is an Idiot with a story about the time he got splinters in his penis during a masturbation mishap when he was a teenager. He got married on ...

2 days ago · Andre Ricciardi appears in "André is an Idiot" by Anthony Benna, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. By Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Traci Griffin Benna.

Jan 24, 2025 · However, given that the late André Ricciardi — star, subject and producer of “André is an Idiot” — was a successful and innovative advertising creative director in San Francisco, he ...

André Is an Idiot: Directed by Tony Benna. With André Ricciardi. Andre, an irreverent man, embarks on an unexpected journey after receiving a terminal diagnosis, determined to maintain his humor while learning to die happily.

Jan 28, 2025 · In André Ricciardi’s case, he left it too late, and over the course of this moving, warm, and surprisingly entertaining film, we watch him die because of it. Told through a series of interviews, direct-to-camera confessions, and some enchantingly darkly comical stop motion sequences, we’re granted unique insight into Ricciardi’s last years.

Jan 24, 2025 · Andre is an Idiot is about a kooky, one-of-a-kind creative individual named André Ricciardi. He was afraid of getting a colonoscopy and shrugged it off for years – until a doctor finally ...

André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor. ... André Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner ...