''The Fish in Love'' ( it, Il pesce innamorato) is a 1999 Italian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Leonardo Pieraccioni Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian and screenwriter. Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with '' The Graduates'' (1995). In 1996 he directed his breakthrough film ''The Cyclone' ...

, who also stars alongside Yamila Diaz. Pieraccioni stars as Arturo, a writer of

children's books A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...

, and Diaz stars as Matilde, the woman he falls in love with.

Plot

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, the young carpenter Arturo dreams of becoming a great writer. In fact he has the talent to be able to write fantasy stories for children, and so he is snubbed by Italian critics. However Arturo does not give up, and sends the proofs to a famous Florentine editor. Meanwhile, the family of Arturo is broke because his uncle is gone bankrupt with an useless shop. But fame for Arturo arrives early, because the publisher remains excited about the fantastic stories, and so the book is published with the title: ''The Fish in Love''. Arturo starts to know celebrity and wealth, but soon gets bored, because he feels himself suffocated by the fame. Indeed Arturo falls in love with beautiful Matilde, promised in marriage to a pompous man of

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

. With her, Arturo flees into a house in the woods, and plans a new life, just like in the fairy tales.

Cast

as Arturo Vannino * Yamila Diaz as Matilde Ventura *

Paolo Hendel Paolo Hendel (born 2 January 1952) is an Italian actor, playwright and comedian. Life and career Born in Florence, at young age Hendel made several works, including gamekeeper, guardian of a garage and detective.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Par ...

as Primo *Patrizia Loreti as Signorina Benincasa *

Gabriella Pession Gabriella Pession (born November 2, 1977) is an American-born Italian actress. Biography Gabriella Pession was born in Florida. From 2013 to 2015 she starred in the TV show ''Crossing Lines''. In 2015, she received the America Award from the I ...

as Lucilla Pacini *

Angelo Russo Angelo Russo (born 21 October 1961) is an Italian theatre and television actor, and native of Ragusa, Sicily. Since 1999 Russo has played the comic character of police officer Agatino Catarella in the television series ''Il commissario Montal ...

as Maresciallo Scarchilli *Rodolfo Corsato as Valeriano *Rosanna Susini as Arturo's mother *Sergio Forconi as Arturo's father *Vincenzo Versari as uncle Arnaldo *

Don Lurio Donald Benjamin Lurio, better known by his stage name of Don Lurio (15 November 1929, in New York City – 26 January 2003, in Rome) was an American-born Jewish Italian dancer, choreographer and TV presenter for RAI, the Italian radio and television ...

as Pacini * Philippe Leroy as the chauffeur *Dario Ballantini as Domenico Costanzo *

Hal Yamanouchi , also known as , is a Japanese-born actor, dancer, choreographer and writer. He has resided in Italy since 1975 and holds Italian citizenship. Beginning his career as a mime, he has performed in and choreographed for numerous stage productions ...

as the consul of Korea

References

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* 1999 films 1990s Italian-language films 1999 comedy films Films directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni Films set in Tuscany Films set in Florence Films set in Venice Italian comedy films Italian romantic comedy films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub