The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next morning, the four of them go by train to the farmhouse, joined by Angelo's married, unpregnant sister. The day-long dinner is riotous, couples display affection and impatience, children chase angels. Angelo's family stays the night, and his sister Linda has a visitor. A silver elephant makes the perfect gift.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Pupi AvatiDirector
- Pupi AvatiScreenplay
- Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Felice AndreasiDomenico
- Lucrezia Lante della RovereSilvia
- Alessandro HaberGiulio, padre di Silvia
- Angiola BaggiMaria
- Davide BechiniAngelo
- Lina BernardiOlimpia
- Claudio BotossoTaddeo
- Enrica Maria ModugnoLinda, zia di Angelo
- Claudia PozziGina
- Anna BonaiutoAmelia, madre di Angelo
- Massimo BonettiBaldo
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiValeria