Damned the Day I Met You

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Damned the Day I Met You
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato.jpg
Directed by Carlo Verdone
Written by Francesca Marciano
Carlo Verdone
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
StarringCarlo Verdone
Margherita Buy
Cinematography Danilo Desideri
Edited by Antonio Siciliano
Music by Fabio Liberatori
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
112 minutes
Country Italy
LanguageItalian
Box office$6.4 million (Italy) [1]

Damned the Day I Met You ( Italian : Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato) is a 1992 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. [2] [3] [4] The film won five David di Donatello Awards, for best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best editing and best supporting actress (Elisabetta Pozzi). [5] For her performance Margherita Buy won the Ciak d'oro for best actress. [5]

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Plot

Bernardo, a Roman music journalist living in Milan, is dumped by his girlfriend (almost fiancé), and, extremely depressed, begins working with a therapist, Prof. Altieri. His career as a rock music critic begins to decline, and he cannot find a way to publish a book on the life secrets of Jimi Hendrix. In the meantime, he meets the neurotic Camilla, who is both a patient and a wannabe lover of Altieri's, with whom she's obsessed. From that point on, Camilla disrupts Bernardo's life, but becomes his best friend. After a huge fight, the two lose contact. They separately travel to London, where Camilla is a theatre actress and Bernardo is working on Hendrix's biography, interviewing people who might have known the rock star. They meet again, apologizing to one another, only to have their personal and professional lives disrupted again. One night, at Land's End in Cornwall, Bernardo and Camilla get intimately close, enraging Camilla's latest boyfriend (her theatre production's director), with whom she was not happy anyway. Camilla secretly sells a precious ring to fund Bernardo's interview with an important source for his book. Later on though, she messes up the recording of the interview... The ending is very romantic, unlike the ending of most of Verdone's movies.

Cast

Reception

In its second week of release, the film reached number one at the Italian box office and remained there for two weeks. [6] [7] It was the fourth highest-grossing Italian film in Italy for the year with a gross of $6.4 million and the eleventh overall. [1]

Awards

Awards
AwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
59th David di Donatello Awards Best Film Carlo Verdone, Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori Nominated
Best Director Carlo VerdoneNominated
Best Script Carlo Verdone and Francesca Marciano Won
Best Actor Carlo Verdone Won
Best Actress Margherita Buy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Giancarlo Dettori Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Elisabetta Pozzi Won
Best Cinematography Danilo Desideri Won
Best Editing Antonio Siciliano Won
32nd Globi d'oro Best FilmCarlo VerdoneNominated
Best ScriptCarlo Verdone and Francesca MarcianoNominated
Best ActorCarlo VerdoneWon
Best ActressMargherita BuyWon
Best CinematographyDanilo DesideriNominated
7th Ciak d'oro Best ActressMargherita BuyWon

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  7. ↑ "International box office". Variety . 24 February 1992. p. 89.
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