A Dinner for Them to Meet

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A Dinner for Them to Meet
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Directed by Pupi Avati
CinematographyPasquale Rachini
Music by Riz Ortolani
Release date
  • February 2, 2007 (2007-02-02)
LanguageItalian

A Dinner for Them to Meet (Italian : La cena per farli conoscere) is a 2007 Italian comedy film directed by Pupi Avati. [1] [2]

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Premise

After Sandro Lanza, an aging television soap opera television star, suffers through an embarrassing televised media event, he attempts suicide. This brings his three daughters, Clara, Betty and Ines, the children of three different wives, to his home in Rome, where they meet each other for the first time.

Cast

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References

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