To Rome with Love (2012)

The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Penélope Cruz

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Judy Davis	...	Phyllis
Flavio Parenti	...	Michelangelo
Roberto Benigni	...	Leopoldo
Alison Pill	...	Hayley
Alessandro Tiberi	...	Antonio
Alessandra Mastronardi	...	Milly
Alec Baldwin	...	John
Carol Alt	...	Carol
David Pasquesi	...	Tim
Antonio Albanese	...	Luca Salta
Lynn Swanson	...	Ellen
Fabio Armiliato	...	Giancarlo
Monica Nappo	...	Sofia
Ornella Muti	...	Pia Fusari
Corrado Fortuna	...	Rocco

Storyline

In Rome, the America tourist Hayley meets the local lawyer Michelangelo on the street and soon they fall in love with each other. Hayley's parents, the psychiatrist Phyllis and the retired music producer Jerry, travel to Rome to meet Michelangelo and his parents. When Jerry listens to Michelangelo's father Giancarlo singing opera in the shower, he is convinced that he is a talented opera singer. But there is a problem: Giancarlo can only sing in the shower. The couple Antonio and Milly travel to Rome to meet Antonio's relatives that belong to the high society. Milly goes to the hairdresser while Antonio waits for her in the room. Milly gets lost in Rome and the prostitute Anna mistakenly goes to Antonio's room. Out of the blue, his relatives arrive in the room and they believe Anna is Antonio's wife. Meanwhile the shy Milly meets her favorite actor Luca Salta (Antonio Albanese) and goes to his hotel room "to discuss about movies". One day, the middle-class clerk Leopoldo becomes a ...

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Plot Keywords:

celebrity | architect | honeymoon | film actor | american tourist | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA Italy Spain

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

6 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nero Fiddled

Filming Locations:

La Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

€17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$361,359 (USA) (22 June 2012)

Gross:

$16,684,352 (USA) (9 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Medusa Film, Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

To Rome With Love was originally titled The Bop Decameron, before being changed to Nero Fiddled. Woody Allen changed it when he realized that few people understood the title's loose reference to The Decameron, a medieval collection of novellas.

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Goofs

When Leopoldo and his wife are walking the street near a street coffee vendor, the extras in the background pass several times.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Traffic Policeman: Sorry, I don't speak English very well. I'm from Roma. My job, as you can see, is to see that the traffic move. I stand up here, an I see everything. All people. I see life. In this city, all is a story.

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Connections

References The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)"
Written by Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci
Performed by Steven Bernstein's Neapolitan Orchestra

User Reviews

Not among Allen's greats, but still a lot of fun

While not great Woody Allen – it's neither profound, moving nor funny enough for that title, it is quite enjoyable.

The film is made up of four intercut short stories, that share little other than the fact they're set in Rome. Some have fantasy elements, some are more absurdist, others more straightforward character farce.

But somehow, though they don't make much of a logical grouping, the whole thing is lighthearted and fun enough that it seems grumpy to pick on it.

Sure some jokes fall flat and some ideas seem unfulfilled, but a lot of it is wonderfully acted and cleverly written. And at a time when so many comedies are aimed only at 15 year olds, even 2nd tier Woody, simply telling playfully comic tales, is a welcome sight.