Love & Slaps (2010)

Marcello is a successful architect, a husband and a distracted father (too) friendly. Marina is a psychologist maladjusted, wife and mother restrained 'eco-solidarity'. Rosa is in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Sergio Castellitto

Writers:

Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini

Stars:

Sergio Castellitto, Laura Morante, Enzo Jannacci

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sergio Castellitto	...	Marcello Sinibaldi
Laura Morante	...	Marina Sinibaldi
Enzo Jannacci	...	Armando
Marco Giallini	...	Duccio
Barbora Bobulova	...	Lory
Gianfelice Imparato	...	Valentino
Nina Torresi	...	Rosa Sinibaldi
Lidia Vitale	...	Delfina
Erika Blanc	...	Madre di Marina (as Erica Blanc)
Lola Ponce	...	Gladys
Emanuela Grimalda	...	Raimonda
Renato Marchetti	...	Ettore Maria
Valentina Mencarelli	...	Franci Palla
Valerio Lo Sasso	...	Aldo
Pietro Castellitto	...	Luca

Storyline

Marcello is a successful architect, a husband and a distracted father (too) friendly. Marina is a psychologist maladjusted, wife and mother restrained 'eco-solidarity'. Rosa is in the middle, high school nerd seventeen and irreducible. Armando, an elderly man and neatly into a tweed jacket, invited him into his country estate, decided to test their progressive ideas. Armed with wisdom and full knowledge of himself and of his age, the senile boyfriend Marcello Rosa force and Navy to review their relationship and their conduct in life. In an extraordinary weekend of madness, besieged by a chorus of friends on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Sinibaldi spouses and young children will give a slap to conformity, trying to live a more authentic life.

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | written and directed by cast member | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Enzo Jannacci's character is named Armando. One of the most known songs by Jannacci is entitled "L'Armando".

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Connections

References Harold and Maude (1971)

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Soundtracks

Dreams
Written by Dolores O'Riordan & Noel Hogan
Performed by The Cranberries

User Reviews

Great, if you either mature enough or immature enough

This is a crazy but at the same time very profound movie disguised in a randomly messy human relationship and hardship of life, dealing with emptiness, growing pain, poppy love, aging pressure, phony love life and relationship, parenthood, friendship, aging worries, and all the related families that have to interweave, intervene, to be acted upon, to pretend, unavoidable not to participate in a lot of group activities nobody really enjoyed. Parents and their children, best friends and their families, marriage failures and marital crisis. There are lot of things could happen and explode, blowing out of the water and turn ugly without warning. The relationship among husbands and wives, parents and children, friends, are actually all based upon a very fragile, very unpredictable foundation. The screenplay is great, the directing very liberal, the performances of all the actors are flawless. Thanks to a very good casting job. This Italian movie is a modern day Fellini's "8-1/2 (1963)" and "La Dolce Vita (1960)" in colors; this kind of movies could only be made out of Italy.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Italy]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 December 2010 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Love & Slaps

Filming Locations:

Cotignano, Radicofani, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,901,585

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinemaundici, Alien Produzioni, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1