Dirty Linen (film)

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Dirty Linen
(Panni sporchi)
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Film poster
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Mario Monicelli
Masolino D'Amico
Margherita D'Amico
Produced by Giovanni Di Clemente
Starring
CinematographyStefano Coletta
Music by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Distributed byC.D.I.
Release date
  • 29 January 1999 (1999-01-29)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Dirty Linen (Italian : Panni sporchi) is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. [1]

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Plot

An extended family in Le Marche reunites as the old father and leader of the family candy business is about to leave control of the company to his sons. The siblings hate each other and compete for the succession, to the point of ultimately placing a bomb in the villa and destroying everything, after the final choice is made.

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References

  1. "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.