Me, Them and Lara (2009)
"Io, loro e Lara" (original title)

Father Carlo returns home after years spent in Africa in an humanitarian mission. Instead of getting the expected peace of mind with the help of his family, he'll face their problems: for ... See full summary »

Director:

Carlo Verdone

Writers:

Francesca Marciano, Pasquale Plastino,

Stars:

Carlo Verdone, Laura Chiatti, Anna Bonaiuto

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carlo Verdone	...	Don Carlo Mascolo
Laura Chiatti	...	Lara Vasilescu
Anna Bonaiuto	...	Beatrice 'Bea' Mascolo
Angela Finocchiaro	...	Dottoressa Elisa Draghi
Marco Giallini	...	Luigi Mascolo
Sergio Fiorentini	...	Albero Mascolo - padre di Carlo
Olga Balan	...	Olga Vasilescu
Agnese Claisse	...	Aida
Tamara Di Giulio	...	Eva
Cristina Odasso	...	Mirella Agnello
Giorgia Cardaci	...	Francesca
Marco Guadagno	...	Padre Giulio
Roberto Sbaratto	...	Padre Savastano
Loukoula Letizia Sedrick Boupkouele	...	Madou
Antonietta Kapinga Mingu	...	Sofia

Storyline

Father Carlo returns home after years spent in Africa in an humanitarian mission. Instead of getting the expected peace of mind with the help of his family, he'll face their problems: for instance, his father has married Olga a Moldavian woman much younger than him and Carlo's brother and sister are worried about the heritage or what's let of it.

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Plot Keywords:

rome italy | priest | grandfather | prostitute

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

5 January 2010 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Me, Them and Lara

Filming Locations:

Caracalla Thermals, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Films, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Swiss censorship visa # 1007.824.

User Reviews

Appealing Verdone comedy.

Like his contemporaries Lino Banfi and Adriano Celantano, we see too little of the work of Italian comic Carlo Verdone, in English language distribution.

Here he is playing the Catholic missionary back from Africa where the physical hardships had worn him down, to be confronted with his family scrambling after dad marries a Balkan carer blonde and starts dissipating the inheritance, to the alarm of shrink sister Bonaiuto and coke sniffer brother Giallini. Complications ensue in the form of the blonde's sexy but tense daughter Chiatti.

Add in plot elements like the three African girls or Chiatti's video sex work, which assert while others, like the intimidating bishop, drop out, to make the thing harder to predict but the structure is classic farce, building to the fake family diner with social worker Finocchiaro.

They do have difficulty making the carefully structured plot hold attention beyond this but the outcome is agreeable and the playing and film making superior.