''Welcome to Home Gori'' ( it, Benvenuti in casa Gori) is a 1990

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed by

Alessandro Benvenuti Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes o ...

. It is based on a comedy play with the same name by

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and the same Benvenuti. For her performance

Ilaria Occhini Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for Best Supporting Actress. The film has a sequel, ''

Return to Home Gori ''Return to Home Gori'' ( it, Ritorno a casa Gori) is a 1996 comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. It is the sequel of ''Welcome to Home Gori''. Plot After 5 years from the fateful day of Christmas at ''Welcome to Home Gori'', the scenery ...

''.

Plot

The film is set in a house in a Tuscan landscape, has an ironic content and a Christmas frame. The film is divided into 5 episodes: The Family, The Lunch, Unexpected Pregnancy, The Videotape and Epilogue.

Cast

* Carlo Monni: Gino Gori *

Ilaria Occhini Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.Massimo Ceccherini Massimo Ceccherini (born 23 May 1965) is an Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter. Biography Born in Florence, Ceccherini is the son of a plasterer, he seemed destined for the same profession, but his father was attracted to t ...

: Danilo Gori *

Novello Novelli Novello Novelli (2 March 1930 – 10 January 2018) was an Italian character actor. Life and career Born in Poggibonsi, province of Siena, as Novellantonio Novelli, a former footballer and surveyor, Novelli initially was the manager of the cabare ...

: Annibale Papini *

Athina Cenci Athina Cenci (born 13 March 1946), is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician. Life and career Born in Kos, Greece, Cenci was co-founder and member, together with Francesco Nuti and Alessandro Benvenuti, of the ...

: Bruna Papini * Giorgio Picchianti: Libero Salvini *

: Lapo Frittelli

References

External links

* Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Alessandro Benvenuti Films about dysfunctional families 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub