''Marilyn's Eyes'' () is a 2021 Italian romantic

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

directed by Simone Godano and starring

Stefano Accorsi Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi (; born 2 March 1971) is an Italian actor. Early life and background Accorsi was born in Bologna. He graduated from Bologna's Theatrical School in 1993, and acted in the theatre for several years before moving to ...

and

Miriam Leone Miriam Leone (born 14 April 1985) is an Italian actress and beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Italia 2008. Early life Born in Catania, Italy, Leone lived her youth in Acireale, the daughter of a literature teacher, Ignazio Leone, and Gabriell ...

Plot

Cast

as Diego *

as Clara Pagani * Thomas Trabacchi as Paris * Mariano Pirrello as Sosia * Orietta Notari as Susanna *

Marco Messeri Marco Messeri (born 15 December 1948) is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor. Life and career Born in Livorno, Messeri studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and acting at the drama ...

as Aldo * Andrea Di Casa as Chip * Ariella Reggio as Adelaide * Valentina Oteri as Gina *

Astrid Meloni Astrid Meloni (born 11 March 1982) is an Italian actress. Biography Meloni was born in Sassari. Her father is Sardinian and her mother, who is of Eritrean descent, was born in Asmara and raised in Sardinia. At the age of 18, she left her hometow ...

as Diana

Release

The film premiered at the 2021

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Film festivals ...

, and was released theatrically by

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on 14 October 2021.

Reception

The film won the

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was founded in 1959 by the Foreign Press Association in Italy. The Globo d'oro Awards for Italian cinema are given by the Foreign Press. The fi ...

for best comedy film. For his performance,

was awarded the

Ciak D'Oro ''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'') for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in ...

for best actor. The theme song " Nei tuoi occhi", written by Andrea Farri and

Francesca Michielin Francesca Michielin (, ; born 25 February 1995) is an Italian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after winning the X Factor (Italian season 5), fifth season of the Italian talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor'', she published fiv ...

and performed by Michelin, was nominated as best original song both at

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

and

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

awards.

References

External links

* {{Matteo Rovere 2021 comedy-drama films 2021 romance films 2021 films 2020s Italian-language films 2020s Italian films Films produced by Matteo Rovere Groenlandia films Rai Cinema films