All Roads Lead to Rome (2015 film)

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All Roads Lead to Rome
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Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Written by Josh Appignanesi
Cindy Myers
Produced byMonika Bacardi
Andrea Iervolino
Silvio Muraglia
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker
Raoul Bova
Rosie Day
Paz Vega
Claudia Cardinale
Nadir Caselli
CinematographyGergely Pohárnok
Edited byThomas Lagerman
Music byAlfonso González Aguilar
Production
companies
Ambi Pictures
Paradox Studios
Distributed by Momentum Pictures (US)
Release date
  • December 16, 2015 (2015-12-16)(Dubai Film Fest) [1]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Sweden
LanguageEnglish
Box office$524,368 [2]

All Roads Lead to Rome is a 2015 romantic comedy film directed by Ella Lemhagen and written by Josh Appignanesi and Cindy Myers. The film stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Raoul Bova, Rosie Day, Paz Vega, and Claudia Cardinale.

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Plot

Set in valleys of Tuscany, Maggie returns to a town where she spent her youth, along with her daughter, when she comes across her ex Luca and his mother Carmen, who live in a villa nearby. Decades earlier, Luca and Maggie were wildly in love, but she left one day for America and cut off communication with Luca completely. Luca, who still harbours feelings for Maggie, tries to win her back.

Meanwhile, Maggie's daughter Summer is desperate to get back to America and her selfish boyfriend Tyler (who wants her to take the rap for a recent drug charge, arguing that as she's a juvenile she'd receive a less serious sentence than him), and Luca's mother Carmen wants to unite and marry her 60s youth flame Marcellino, whom she had been recently exchanging love letters with. In the chaos that follows, Summer and Carmen steal Luca's car and race for Rome, where Carmen and Marcellino have planned their secret wedding at a church. Summer, initially planning to leave for America via Rome airport, on seeing the honor and love of Carmen realizes that she is being used by Tyler, and surprisingly finds love in farm girl Ermenegilda. Maggie and Luca, racing behind the two, also bicker about their past, and rekindle their love as they head for Rome.

Cast

Production

Casting announcements were made in October 2014. [3] [4] [5] Shel Shapiro, who plays Carmen's love interest from their 1960s pop band in the film, was actually a member of the 1960s Italian pop group The Rokes. Rocio Munoz, who helps the troubled Summer realize her lesbian side, is the real life partner of Raoul Bova, the film's male lead – the couple had their first child in December 2015, the same month the film was released.

Filming began on October 20, 2014, in Rome, Italy. [5]

Release

The film saw limited release in international markets, earning just $524,368 in box office receipts. [2]

Momentum Pictures acquired the North American rights to the film in February 2016, [6] releasing it direct-to-video and video on demand for the North American market in March 2016. [7]

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