The 2008 Italian Film Festival

di At the end of the second world war. Liliana, a widow, is forced to leave her hometown Bologna, along with her son Nino, because of severe financial hardships. The two of them move to Puglia, and go live in her brother-in-law Giordano’s farmhouse. Giordano, the brother of Liliana’s late husband, had in his youth been madly in love with her. Their arrival wreaks havoc in the life of the fragile Giordano, and upsets the usual farmstead routine, it also awakens the bitterness in the souls of his two elderly aunts, Suntina and Eugenia, who still bear an intense grudge against Liliana’s family.

Director: Pupi Avati

Cast: Antonio Albanese, Katia Ricciarelli, Neri Marcore', Marisa Merlini, Angela Luce, Manuela Morabito

Year: 2005

Duration: 103 min.

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Awards: 2 awards and 10 nominations

Best Actress (Katia Ricciarelli) and Best Costume Design: Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Nominated Best Actor (Antonio Albanese), Best Director and Best Producer (Pupi Avati), Best Supporting Actress (Angela Luce), Best Supporting Actress (Marisa Merlini): Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Nominated Best Actor (Antonio Albanese), Best Costume Design, Best Supporting Actress (Marisa Merlini), Best Supporting Actor (Neri Marcore'): David Donatello
Nominated Golden Lion (Pupi Avati): Venice Film Festival

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