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Director:
Paolo Virzì
Writers:
Francesco Bruni (writer)
Paolo Virzì (writer)
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Release Date:
22 January 1999 (Italy) more
Genre:
Comedy
Tagline:
Quando la vita è cattiva, è bello sentirsi più buoni
Plot:
Mario, un ristoratore salernitano con locale a Casale Marittimo, da poco fallito, viene scambiato per... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
At the moment, the best Italian director more (3 total)

Cast

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Francesco Paolantoni ... Mario
Massimo Gambacciani ... Renato Bacci
Piero Gremigni ... Luciano Cecconi
Samuele Marzi ... Matteo
Paola Tiziana Cruciani ... Tatiana Falorni
Daniela Morozzi ... Ivana
Isabella Cecchi ... Annalisa
Emanuele Barresi ... Ennio
Rosanna Mazzi ... Stefania
Emiliano Cappello ... Gabriele
Maria Grazia Taddei ... Bruna
Martino Cecconi ... Nelusco
Sara Mannucci ... Margherita
Edoardo Gabbriellini ... Alessio
Carlo Virzì ... Stefanino (member of Amaranto Posse)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kisses and Hugs (Europe: English title)
Struzzi (Italy) (working title)
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Italy:T
Company:
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica more

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Trivia:
The Grandpa is always watching sports on the local TV channel, "Granducato TV". The TV station is real and the sports opening titles graphics were designed and edited in 1993 at SBP, in Rome, by Marco Sisi, who also is the author of a research project about films that were shot or located in Livorno, his hometown. more

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At the moment, the best Italian director, 14 December 2000
Author: banchelli_2000 from Florence, Italy

"Baci e abbracci" is the final top of a wonderful Italian author. Paolo Virzì is grown up, step by step, and now he has reached the complete maturity of cinema expression and story telling. The direction of an enormous group of no-professional actors (except for Paolantoni) is an essay of perfect skill. And the film is tender, sensitive, amusing, according to the best tradition of Italian acid comedies. Monicelli, Germi, and a bit of Fellini (impressive the scene about the false Holy Family) are behind Virzì and sustain him, but now Virzì is a personal, singular Author. And by this film he tells us about the Illusion, the need of Illusion, and the Beauty of No-Truth. Thank you, Paolo!!! Thanks to you now Italian cinema can breathe again!!!

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