Directed by:
Paolo SorrentinoScreenplay:
Paolo SorrentinoCinematography:
Luca BigazziComposer:
Teho TeardoCast:
Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Marco Giallini, Barbara Valmorin, Luisa De Santis, Clara Bindi, Roberta Fiorentini, Lorenzo Gioielli, Emilio De Marchi (more)Plots(1)
Italian family drama about a rotten loan shark horning his way into a young couple's wedding. This critically beloved third film by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is said by many to be his best work to date. Geremia De Geremei (Giacomo Rizzo) is sleazy and thoroughly disagreeable old loan shark who lives with his bedridden harridan of a mum. Friendless and socially inept, he horns in on a young couple whose parents are forced to borrow from him to pay for their nuptials. The loan is made conditional upon the proud parents inviting this elderly sleaze to their child's big day, which they agree to only with great reluctance. De Geremei's interest in the pretty young bride Rosalba (Laura Chiatti) becomes decidedly unhealthy but he may have met his match in this scathing-tongued bride-to-be. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Giacomo Rizzo
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Laura Chiatti
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Marco Giallini
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Barbara Valmorin
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Luisa De Santis
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Clara Bindi
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Liliana Bernacciano
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Alina Nedelea
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Barbara Scoppa
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Nicola Giuliano
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Lucia Ragni
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