Latin Lover (film)

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Latin Lover
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Directed by Cristina Comencini
Written byCristina Comencini
Giulia Calenda
Produced byLionello Cerri
Starring
Cinematography Italo Petriccione
Edited byFrancesca Calvelli
Music by Andrea Farri
Release dates
  • 7 February 2015 (2015-02-07)(Berlin)
  • 19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)(Italy)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Latin Lover is a 2015 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Cristina Comencini. It marked the last cinema appearance of Virna Lisi. [1] The film received four nominations at the 2015 David di Donatello Awards, for best actress (Lisi), best costumes (Alessandro Lai), best makeup (Ermanno Spera) and best hairstyling (Alberta Giuliani). [2]

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Plot

Upon the tenth anniversary of the death of fictional film star Saverio Crispo, his four daughters get together in the family manor in Apulia, Southern Italy. As Saverio used to be at the top of his game as an internationally known film star, he had liaisons with different women across the world, thus having several love children. His children include his Italian daughter, Susanna, who is secretly engaged to Walter, the former editor of Saverio's latest movies, his French daughter, Stéphanie, a mother of three sons from different men, his Spanish daughter, Segunda, the only one being married, and his youngest daughter, Solveig, from Sweden, who had little to no contact with her late father. None of the four women got to really know their late father, but each of them has fabricated an idealized and very personal memory of him.

Saverio's two widows, the Italian-born Rita and the Spanish-born Ramona, are also present at the family reunion. The meeting happens as Saverio's hometown celebrates the late actor's life and achievements, but apparently many secrets are yet to be unveiled about his life and his family.

Cast

Trivia

Final film of Virna Lisi. She was already very ill from cancer during production and died shortly after. The film is dedicated to her in the end credit.

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References

  1. ↑ Camillo de Marco (28 January 2015). "Latin Lover by Cristina Comencini in cinemas in March with 01". CinEuropa. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "David di Donatello 2015, le cinquine: 16 nomination per "Anime nere", 14 per Martone". La Repubblica . May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.


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