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, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierluigi Marchionne	...	Traffic Policeman
Flavio Parenti	...	Michelangelo
Alison Pill	...	Hayley
Alessandro Tiberi	...	Antonio
Alessandra Mastronardi	...	Milly
Alec Baldwin	...	John
Carol Alt	...	Carol
David Pasquesi	...	Tim
Lynn Swanson	...	Ellen
Roberto Benigni	...	Leopoldo
Monica Nappo	...	Sofia
Fabio Armiliato	...	Giancarlo
Corrado Fortuna	...	Rocco
Margherita Vicario	...	Claudia
Rosa Di Brigida	...	Mariangela

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:

leftist radical | written and directed by cast member | multiple storyline | italy | legs crossed | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roberto Benigni's first appearance in a wide American release since Pinocchio (2002), and only his second since his Academy Award winning performance in Life Is Beautiful (1997). It is his first appearance in an American produced and directed film since Son of the Pink Panther (1993).

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Goofs

When Antonio is calling Milly, the call tone is the American call tone. In Italy, when you're calling someone you hear a different call tone. (Not to be confused with the ring tone).

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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

Referenced in American Masters: Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

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Soundtracks

Studio 99
Composed by Adam Hamilton
Courtesy of FirstCom Music

User Reviews

A movie for fans

As time passes Woody Allen is able to transform himself and his movies. Don't get me wrong, it is obvious that we are seeing a Woody Allen film from the initial credits, but he still can surprise us.

We see different stories through out the film. Some show aspects of the Italian lifestyle and culture, presented from a beautiful Rome; that city that Allen wants to present to us, his Rome. But other stories present again the issues that have been important to him, those problems that for centuries have raised for humankind: love, infidelity, death, success, fame, happiness; those issues that Allen simply loves to discuss.

The cast is charming and I want to highlight a sincere Roberto Benigni; Jesse Eisenberg, that resembles perfectly the young Woody Allen; and the beautiful and talented Ellen Page, with a powerful character that makes you impossible not to fall in love with her.

I have the huge bias of been a Woody Allen fan and that is probably why I enjoyed so much this movie. It is thrilling to see him acting again. See all that neurosis again in the big screen. This movie surprises, can be as surreal as Buñuel would be and also as real as Allen is with daily problematics.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Italy Spain

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

6 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bop Decameron

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

EUR17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$361,359, 24 June 2012

Gross USA:

$16,685,867

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$73,244,881

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