Viaggi di nozze

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Viaggi di nozze
Directed by Carlo Verdone
StarringCarlo Verdone
Veronica Pivetti
Cinematography Danilo Desideri
Distributed byCecchi Gori Group/Warner Bros.
Release date
  • 15 December 1995 (1995-12-15)(Italy)
Running time
1h 43min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office$15.7 million (Italy) [1] [2]

Viaggi di nozze ( Italian for 'Honeymoons') is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. [3]

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Plot summary

The film is divided into three stories that mingle during the performance. In the first story, the timid Giovannino is married to Valeria and is about to leave in a cruise ship; but at the last moment Giovannino can not even leave, because he must look after his elderly father, abandoned by the caretaker, while Valeria must think of her sister, who pretends suicide because she wants money from her ex-boyfriend. Their honeymoon turns into a nightmare.

In the second story, Raniero marries Fosca, his second wife. Immediately the honeymoon in Venice becomes tragic, because Raniero's weight is too much for Fosca, although he does not want it, the fact of having to face up to the "perfection" of his first wife, praised by Raniero. In the end, Fosca desperate suicides, just like his first wife.

In the third story, the vulgar Ivano is married to Jessica, and their wedding journey becomes an uncompromising tour of discos. Soon the two realize that they have nothing in common to share because they know too much, and so they invent strategies to learn to "meet" again, without success, sinking into a state of depression and boredom.

Cast

Reception

The film was number one at the Italian box office for three consecutive weeks and was the most popular Italian film in Italy for the year. [4] It went on to a gross over $15 million. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "International Box Office". Variety . 29 January 1996. p. 19.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Lee (20 December 1996). "International box office comment". Screen International .
  3. ↑ "Mediaset Infinity: Programmi TV, Video, Dirette Live e Film".
  4. ↑ "Top 10 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International . 5 April 1996. p. 17.
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