2 Movies Starring Lino Banfi

Why

Why

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-27

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (442 Reviews)

Director:

Nanni Loy

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Sergio Amidei

Emilio Sanna

Rodolfo Sonego (idea)

Fullplot:

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. At the border he is however jailed for no apparent reason. He thus begins a nightmarish kafkian experience while he's moved from one prison to another, subject to any humiliation and violence.

Maria, He Doesn't Like It

Maria, He Doesn't Like It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-08-06

Languages:

German, Italian

Countries:

Italy, Germany

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1542 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Daniel Speck (screenplay)

Jan Weiler (screenplay)

Jan Weiler (novel)

Fullplot:

When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his hometown in southern Italy. Jan is faced with an overwhelmingly large Italian family, forced to discover new traits in his bride once she's embraced her Italian side, and looking forward to a lifetime of being the fifth wheel. But by and by, he also realizes that Antonio, who left his family for Germany when he was young and married a German woman later, knows all these feelings first-hand and doesn't like him the less for them. Still, there is the question: Should Jan and Sara really get married?

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