Parenti serpenti

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Parenti serpenti
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Directed by Mario Monicelli
Written by Piero De Bernardi
Mario Monicelli
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Carmine Amoroso
Story byCarmine Amoroso
Produced by Giovanni Di Clemente
StarringTommaso 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 byClemi Film
Release date
  • 26 March 1992 (1992-03-26)
Running time
105 minutes
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

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]

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Plot

An old couple invite all their children and grandchildren to their home in Sulmona, in Abruzzo, to celebrate the Christmas holidays. After a day spent at church and playing bingo at home, the grandmother asks her two daughters and two sons to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. Their 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.

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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.
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