''A Golden Boy'' ( it, Un ragazzo d'oro) is a 2014 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, ''The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' Zeder ...

. It won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival.

Plot

The film follows Davide ( Riccardo Scamarcio), a copywriter whose father was a movie screenwriter. After his father's death, he leaves everything he has behind and moves to Rome, where he meets an actress-turned-publisher named Ludovica ( Sharon Stone), who wants to release his father's autobiography.

Cast

* Riccardo Scamarcio as Davide Bias * Sharon Stone as Ludovica Stern * Cristiana Capotondi as Silvia * Giovanna Ralli as Davide's Mother *Lucia Rossi as Beatrice *Christian Stelluti as Walter Van Vooren *Osvaldo Ruggieri as Beppe Masiero * Tommaso Ragno as Ludovica's Husband * Sandro Dori as Notaio *Fabio Ferrari as Agente letterario * Valeria Marini as Davide's Friend

Release

The film screened at the Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2014 and was released on 18 September 2014 in Italian cinemas, where it grossed US$807,225.

References

External links

* 2014 films 2014 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Pupi Avati 2010s Italian films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub