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Summary
Broke, and armed only with his sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, a mid-August holiday, all will be forgiven.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 82Audiences 71GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer88%
Metascore75
User score7.5
Audience score70%
IMDb6.9
Box office
19×its budget
- Budget
- $500 K
- Worldwide
- $10 M
Worldwide it earned $9 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −25 min on the typical 100
typical 10075Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 12 more
Released
2008
April 30, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Italian
Original language
Made in
- Italy
10 of 10
Gianni Di GregorioGianni- VDValeria De FranciscisValeria (Gianni's Mother)
- MCMaria CalìTia Maria (Alfonso's Aunt)
- GCGrazia Cesarini SforzaGrazia (Marcello's Mother)
- MCMarina CacciottiMaria (Alfonso's Mother)
- LMLuigi MarchettiVikingo
Alfonso SantagataAlfonso- MOMarcello OttolenghiMarcello (Doctor)
- PRPetre RosuBarbone
- BUBiagio UrsittiLuigi
Directing · 3
- Gianni Di Gregorio Director, Screenplay, Writer, Story
- Ilaria De Martinis Assistant Director
- Francesca Santi Continuity, Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Simone Riccardini Writer, Story
Production · 6
- Matteo Garrone Producer
- Alessio Lauria Production Secretary
- Gianfranco Strazza Production Manager
- Matteo Rongione Production Secretary
- Dino Piscini Key Accountant
- Claudia Tomassini Publicist
Camera · 6
- Gian Enrico Bianchi Director of Photography
- Christian Andres Burgos Hurtubia Camera Operator
- Andrea Pacioni Still Photographer
- Alessandro Bono Grip
- Stefano Fois Key Grip
- Nicolas De Luigi Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 4
- Marco Spoletini Editor
- Trudy Magrini Negative Cutter
- Andrea Amatori Color Timer
- Sylvie Fehr Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Mattia Carratello Music Editor, Original Music Composer
- Stefano Ratchev Music Editor, Original Music Composer
- Enzo Diliberto Foley Artist
- Fabio D'Amico Sound Editor
- Filippo Porcari Sound Mixer
- Marim Hoxha Recording Supervision
Art · 5
- Susanna Cascella Production Design
- Marianna Cardella Assistant Art Director
- Massimo Gaudioso Art Direction, Supervising Art Director
- Tommaso Colucci Props
- Cristiana Possenti Set Dresser, Thanks
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Silvia Polidori Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
- Francesco Spadoni Visual Effects
Lighting · 3
- Adriano Francesco Necco Gaffer
- Giuseppe Costa Electrician
- Giovanni Battista Squillace Genetator Operator
Other crew · 5
- Andrea Tagliaferri Thanks
- Gianfranco Mottola Thanks
- Flavio Giuliani Driver
- Andrea Cognetti Thanks
- Luigi Palmulli Thanks
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