Parenti serpenti

Parenti serpenti
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Written by	Piero De Bernardi Mario Monicelli Suso Cecchi d'Amico Carmine Amoroso
Story by	Carmine Amoroso
Produced by	Giovanni Di Clemente
Starring	Tommaso Bianco Renato Cecchetto Marina Confalone Alessandro Haber Cinzia Leone Eugenio Masciari Paolo Panelli Monica Scattini Pia Velsi
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Adelio Cogliati
Distributed by	Clemi Film
Release date	26 March 1992 (1992-03-26)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Parenti serpenti (also known as Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations) is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes. ^[4] Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain. ^[5]

Plot

Trieste and Saverio, an old couple, invite their four children, two sons-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren to their home in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy, to celebrate Christmas. After a day spent eating and playing bingo, Trieste asks her children to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. The children are initially pleased to hear that their parents want to see more of them, but no one wants to take on the responsibility of having them move into their home.

Cast

• Pia Velsi as grandmother Trieste
• Paolo Panelli as grandfather Saverio
• Marina Confalone as Lina
• Alessandro Haber as Alfredo
• Monica Scattini as Milena
• Eugenio Masciari as Alessandro
• Cinzia Leone as Gina, Alessandro's wife
• Tommaso Bianco as Michele, Lina's husband
• Renato Cecchetto as Filippo, Milena's husband
• Riccardo Scontrini as Mauro, Lina's son
• Eleonora Alberti as Monica, Alessandro's daughter
• Mike Bongiorno as himself
• Nicoletta Orsomando as herself

See also

• List of Italian films of 1992

References

1. De Franceschi, Leonardo (2001). Lo sguardo eclettico: il cinema di Mario Monicelli. Marsilio. ISBN   8831777637.
2. Delvino, Ivana (2008). I film di Mario Monicelli. Gremese Editore, 2008. ISBN   978-8884404770.
3. Chiti, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore. ISBN   8884401372.
4. Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.
5. "Carmine Amoroso". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

External links

• Parenti serpenti at IMDb