4 Movies Starring Laura Chiatti

The Family Friend

The Family Friend

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-10

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2048 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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...

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (431 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Fullplot:

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Cafè, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

Me, Them and Lara

Me, Them and Lara

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-05

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (739 Reviews)

Director:

Carlo Verdone

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Francesca Marciano

Pasquale Plastino

Carlo Verdone

Fullplot:

Father Carlo returns home after years spent in Africa in an humanitarian mission. Instead of getting the expected peace of mind with the help of his family, he'll face their problems: for instance, his father has married Olga a Moldavian woman much younger than him and Carlo's brother and sister are worried about the heritage or what's let of it.

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (437 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Fullplot:

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Cafè, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

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