A Boss in the Living Room

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A Boss in the Living Room
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Un boss in salotto
Directed by Luca Miniero
Written byLuca Miniero
Federica pontremoli
Produced byRiccardo Tozzi
Starring Paola Cortellesi
Rocco Papaleo
Luca Argentero
CinematographyFederico Angelucci
Edited byValentina Mariani
Music byUmberto Scipione
Distributed byCattleya Film - Warner Bros.
Release date
  • January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01) [1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

A Boss in the Living Room (Italian : Un boss in salotto, also known as A Boss in the Kitchen) is a 2014 Italian comedy film directed and co-written by Luca Miniero. [2]

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It was a box-office hit, grossing over 12 million euros [3] and being the best-grossing Italian film of 2014. [4]

Plot

Cristina is a woman from Naples who lives for years in Bolzano, with her husband Michele. Their love life is very quiet, but a day arrives Ciro, Cristina's brother: a boxwood mobster on the run from the law. The brother makes life very difficult for the Italian family as he dominates the house. Eventually the family likes the brother as he solves their problems with his criminal mind.

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References

  1. "Un boss in salotto film: Blauer e C.P. Company vestono Luca Argentero e Paola Cortellesi". 30 December 2013.
  2. Arianna Finos (27 December 2013). "'Un boss in salotto': la Cortellesi tra nord e sud nella cine-pastiera del nuovo anno". La Repubblica . Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. Nino Dolfo (13 July 2014). "Peccato che resti un prodotto stagionale". Corriere della Sera . p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. Michelangelo Iuliano (4 December 2014). "Al Boss il Biglietto d'Oro del cinema italiano". Cinematografo. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.