Merry Christmas... Happy New Year

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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year.jpg
French film poster
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Screenplay byRaffaele Festa Campanile
Story byLuigi Comencini
Cristina Comencini
Produced byFabio Criscuolo
Luigi Patrizi
Starring Virna Lisi
Michel Serrault
Cinematography Armando Nannuzzi
Edited bySergio Buzi
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Distributed by Titanus
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
100 minutes
LanguageItalian

Buon Natale... buon anno (internationally released as Merry Christmas... Happy New Year) is a 1989 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is based on the 1986 novel with the same name by Pasquale Festa Campanile. [1] For this film Virna Lisi was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best actress. [2] The film was coproduced with France where it was released as Joyeux Noël, bonne année.

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano - I Film. Gremese Editore, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
  2. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.