La seconda notte di nozze (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Pupi Avati

Writer:

Pupi Avati (writer)

Release Date:

11 November 2005 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Antonio Albanese	...	Giordano Ricci
Neri Marcorè	...	Nino Ricci
Katia Ricciarelli	...	Lilliana Vespero
Angela Luce	...	Suntina Ricci
Manuela Morabito	...	Estrelita
Marisa Merlini	...	Eugenia Ricci
Robert Madison	...	Enzo Fiermonte
Toni Santagata	...	Ugo di Dante (as Tony Santagata)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mia Benedetta	...	Mariagrazia
Pino Calabrese	...	Teacher
Carla Magda Capitanio	...	Homeless
Valeria D'Obici	...	Clara's mother
Sandro Dori	...	Notaio Colliva
Gilberto Idonea	...	Camionista
Saverio Laganà	...	Popolano
Patrizio Pelizzi	...	A war refugee
Edoardo Romano	...	Uomo che affitta il treno

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Spain:7 | Argentina:13

Company:

Duea Film

Perfect actors, superb director, very enjoyable film.

From beginning to end, an extraordinary movie. It's a poem translated into film. The nostalgia for the old times is subtle and appropriate, enveloping every scene almost with pervading accuracy. The post war Italy, practically derelict and on its knees, where everyone is trying to survive no matter how and yet life goes implacably on. Every frame is perfection. The script is simply delicious, so different, so quietly developed and so attractively displayed for our enjoyment, compelling us to be interested in the life of every single character. And the Italian language spoken with such precision and accuracy that not a single word is lost or missed, by the whole cast! Katia Ricciarelli --the well known Italian soprano-- as a fantastic actress here, playing the mother of a not very nice character --Neri Marcorè, splendid--,a son totally devoid of any standards of morality. The half wit in this tale, fantastically portrayed by Antonio Albanese; the two old ladies, with incredibly beautiful and robust voices --Marisa Merlini and Angela Luce-- etching two impeccably funny characters. Robert Madison --Enzo Fiermonte, the once flash in the pan new promise of the screen-- believable in a very difficult role (he's the son of Guy Madison) and of course, the Director --Pupi Avati-- of this miraculously simple and embraceable film; yes, embraceable because it's like and old friend, with scenes and dialogues that we already lived in another life, in another era, like a sudden smell that brings golden memories to the present. What an excellent touch Avati has to produce a truly different and natural story with every day life components and yet passionately absorbing! A must in my agenda.