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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   247 votes
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Director:

Yen Tan

Writers:

Alessandro Calza (writer)
Yen Tan (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

5 December 2008 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

A Tale of Love. more

Plot Keywords:

NewsDesk:
(5 articles)

Ciao
 (From Scorecard Review. 17 January 2009, 8:00 AM, PST)

Ciao—Interview With Yen Tan and Alessandro Calza
 (From Twitch. 16 December 2008, 12:04 PM, PST)

User Comments:

A gem in lean times! more (9 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Adam Neal Smith ... Jeff

Alessandro Calza ... Andrea

Ethel Lung ... Lauren
Chuck Blaum ... Mark
John S. Boles ... Mark's Father

Margaret Lake ... Mark's Mother
Tiffany Vollmer ... Doctor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Myrtle Andrews ... Airport Passenger
Frederick Anthony ... Newscaster (voice)
Brian Cannon ... Airport Passenger

Steve M. Clark ... Airport Passenger
Cole D. Croghan ... Airport Passenger
Robert A. Davis ... Airport Passenger
Douglas Demaio ... Airport Passenger

Larry Jack Dotson ... Airport Passenger

Juli Erickson ... Restaurant Patron
Bob Fanucchi ... Airport Passenger
Shelley Fisher ... News Anchor (voice)
Brian Scott Fitzgerald ... Restaurant Patron

Chad Ford ... Airport Passenger
Angela Gerardo ... Author (voice)
George Harding III ... Airport Passenger
Lauren Jill Harvey ... Airport Passenger

Michael E. Harvey ... Airport Passenger
Jeff Hickok ... Airport Passenger
Jonathan Hieftje ... Airport Passenger

Grace Holley ... Airport Passenger
Patrick Hughett ... Airport Passenger

Grant James ... Restaurant Patron
Cedrick Johnson ... Airport Passenger
Johnny L. Jones ... Airport Passenger
Roger D. Jones ... Airport Passenger
Hannah Kim ... Airport Passenger
Kathy Kreis ... Airport Passenger
Amy Kushnir ... Restaurant Patron
Mark Lane ... Airport Passenger
Corey McArthur ... Airport Passenger
Lumbie Mlambo ... Airport Passenger
Erica Newhart ... Airport Passenger
Karin M. Nielsen ... Airport Passenger
Clementina Plasencia ... Waitress
Jeffrey S. Poteat ... Airport Passenger
Delia Rose ... Airport Passenger

Michael J. Rowbottom ... Airport Passenger

Victoria Session ... Airport Passenger
Colby J. Smith ... Airport Passenger
Nicole Smith ... Airport Passenger

Zachary B.K. Splawn ... Airport Passenger
David Taffet ... Restaurant Patron
Nadine Taplin ... Airport Passenger
Heather Temple ... Restaurant Patron
Justin Wallis ... Driver
Jennifer Wheeler ... Airport Passenger
Nicolas Wohr ... Airport Passenger
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for langage including sexual references.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A gem in lean times!, 20 August 2009
Author: dexquoter from Canada

The makers of this film deserve every accolade that is written praising their work! "Ciao" is a truly remarkable film! What a pleasure to see a work of art that is not ashamed to deal with a sensitive theme in a tasteful and - to quote a word used in the script - UNcheesy - way. The script, acting, direction, lighting, editing and casting are all excellent. Overall the work achieves all that it sets out to do: tell a real life drama in a way that we VERY seldom see from Hollywood. "Ciao" does so with sensitivity, realism and genuine empathy for real human fears, joy, sadness and compassion. There is none of your usual quickly flashed, clichéd camera-work, or clever lines that pander to mediocrity and formula. "Ciao" is a film that takes its time to reveal the inextricably entangled knot of emotion, history, motive, intent, reactions, fate and timing that are a part of real life. What is particularly rewarding is that it does not rely on formula to tell the story. It is a film that is highly recommended to anyone who is a serious student of cinema as an art form. It sings as an echo to another great film by Woody Allen - "Interiors." The music, and indeed the lack of music in many of the scenes is beautifully apt and innovative. "Ciao" reminds us that we are too dependent on anticipation to make us feel comfortable. Art does not have the purpose of making us feel comfortable; art has the purpose of showing us reality and making us relate to that in the way we can best understand it. "Ciao" does this.

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