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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Émile Gaudreault

Writers:

Steve Galluccio (play)
Steve Galluccio (screenplay)
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Release Date:

9 October 2003 (Slovenia) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Tagline:

Things change. Family doesn't. more

Plot:

The son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

11 nominations more

User Comments:

An amusing film about Italians abroad more (59 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Luke Kirby ... Angelo Barberini
Ginette Reno ... Maria Barberini

Paul Sorvino ... Gino Barberini

Mary Walsh ... Lina Paventi
Peter Miller ... Nino Paventi

Claudia Ferri ... Anna Barberini
Sophie Lorain ... Pina Lunetti

Tim Post ... Peter

Tara Nicodemo ... Yolanda / Woman in Airplane / Jolene
Pierrette Robitaille ... Rosetta
Dino Tavarone ... Giorgio

Mark Camacho ... Johnny Christofaro
Michel Perron ... Father Carmignani
Lou Vani ... Marco
Diane Lavallée ... Mélanie
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual situations.

Runtime:

88 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:99 min | Argentina:92 min | UK:85 min

Country:

Canada

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


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Trivia:

Both the film and the play (which the film is based upon) are based on Steve Galluccio's own life and experiences. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gino and Maria visit the cemetery, Maria says that her sister was 33 when she died, but the dates on the tombstone are 1960-1987, which would make her 27. more

Quotes:

Angelo: Are you okay?
Anna: I will be once the Valium kicks in.
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Movie Connections:

References "Dynasty" (1981) more

Soundtrack:

Fear and Love more


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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
An amusing film about Italians abroad, 3 September 2005
7/10
Author: nicolaborrelli76 from Naples, Italy

I watched this film at the cinema last year, and I found it very funny. As an Italian-born male, sentences like " Italians move out either when they marry or when they die" made me really laugh, because this is partly true! Nevertheless, I think there's something which needs making clear. The characters and situations portrayed in the film are credible and hilarious insofar as they're set in the Italian communities of Canada, USA or Australia. I worked for 4 years in the export department of a company making Italian espresso coffee, thus getting in touch with lots of Italians who had settled in faraway countries many years ago. What I noticed is that most of them retain a picture of Italy and a system of values which were real in the country they left behind years ago, but look old-fashioned and rather over-the-top in today's Italy. I think it's undeniable that ethnic communities abroad are more conservative and traditional than the countries they came from, as they cling to values that, though being "frozen" for them, have evolved in the meantime. So some characters and situations of the film appear exaggerated if compared with Italians of 2005, but are really amusing if set in the context of the life of Italian immigrants, who represent what we used to be a few decades ago. A light comedy, to be enjoyed without taking ourselves too seriously.

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