''The Worst Christmas of My Life'' ( it, Il peggior Natale della mia vita) is a 2012 Italian
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Alessandro Genovesi
Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Genovesi started his professional career on stage, first as an actor and later as a playwright and a director ...
and starring
Fabio De Luigi
Fabio De Luigi (born 11 October 1967) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, film director, television presenter, and former basketball player.
Biography
Great-grandson of Tonino Guerra; has a son, Dino, born in 2007, and a daughter, Lola, ...
and
Cristiana Capotondi. It is the sequel of ''
The Worst Week of My Life
''The Worst Week of My Life'' is a British television sitcom, first broadcast on BBC One between March and April 2004. A second series was aired between November and December 2005 and a three-part Christmas special, ''The Worst Christmas of My ...
''.
It was a commercial success, grossing $10,275,097 at the Italian box office.
Plot
Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he is invited to spend Christmas holidays with his wife Margherita, at the ninth month of pregnancy, and her family. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will come to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto is dead because of his fault.
Cast
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Fabio De Luigi
Fabio De Luigi (born 11 October 1967) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, film director, television presenter, and former basketball player.
Biography
Great-grandson of Tonino Guerra; has a son, Dino, born in 2007, and a daughter, Lola, ...
as Paolo
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Cristiana Capotondi as Margherita
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Antonio Catania
Antonio Catania (born 22 February 1952) is an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Acireale, Province of Catania, Antonio Catania studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. After the graduation he started an intense ...
as Giorgio
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Anna Bonaiuto
Anna Bonaiuto (born 28 January 1950) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in 48 films and television shows since 1973. She starred in '' L'amore molesto'', which was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography
Referen ...
as Clara
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Dino Abbrescia
Dino Abbrescia (born ''Bernardo Abbrescia''; 18 August 1966) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1998.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Italian male film actors ...
as Pino
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Laura Chiatti
Laura Chiatti (born 15 July 1982, Castiglione del Lago, Italy) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the leading lady in two successful films: ''Ho voglia di te'', alongside Riccardo Scamarcio, and Paolo Sorrentino's third film ''The Family ...
as Benedetta
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Diego Abatantuono as Alberto Caccia
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Andrea Mingardi
Andrea Mingardi (born 1 August 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, musician, author and occasional actor.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Mingardi approached the music at young age, founding the group "Golden Rock Boys" in 1959.
...
as Dino
* Ale e Franz as The Gravediggers
See also
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List of Christmas films
Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year d ...
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List of Italian films of 2012
References
External links
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2010s Christmas comedy films
Italian Christmas comedy films
Films directed by Alessandro Genovesi
2012 comedy films
2012 films
2010s Italian films
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