The Family Friend

2006 1h 42m IT

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 314

Drama

Synopsis

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Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Giacomo Rizzo
Geremia
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Gino
Laura Chiatti
Rosalba
Gigi Angelillo
Saverio, Rosalba's father
Clara Bindi
Geremia's mother
Barbara Valmorin
Bingo's Grandmother
Antonella Salvucci
Presenter
Marco Giallini
Attanasio

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Writers: Paolo Sorrentino
Languages: French, Italian
Countries: Italy, France

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Italian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, shot by Luca Bigazzi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Giogiò Franchini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Giacomo Rizzo and Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Laura Chiatti carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0772105 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paolo Sorrentino directs. Luca Bigazzi behind the camera. Giogiò Franchini cuts. Produced in Italy, France. Dialogue in French, Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Italian.
3International production across 2 countries: Italy, France.
4Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, shot by Luca Bigazzi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Giogiò Franchini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Giacomo Rizzo and Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Laura Chiatti carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0772105 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.