''Solino'' is a 2002

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movie directed by

Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear (award), Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival ...

and starring

Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Johann Bleibtreu (; was born in Munich, Munich, Germany on August 13, 1971. He has worked over the years as a film actor, voice actor, and film director. Bleibtreu has been a successful actor in many movies such as ''Run Lola Run, Das Exp ...

, Barnaby Metschurat, Gigi Savoia and Antonella Attili.

Plot

The movie portrays the story of an Italian family that emigrated to Germany in the 1960s. Romano (Gigi Savoia), the father, decides to open a pizzeria which, by mutual decision with the wife Rosa (Antonella Attili), they call Solino, after their village in Abruzzo, Italy. As they grow up, his sons Gigi and Giancarlo begin to work there. A hostile relationship comes to life between the father and his sons, which will end up in the forced departure of the boys from the family apartment. The sons, Giancarlo and Gigi, move into an apartment which they share with their childhood friend Johanna. Gigi and Johanna kindle a romance between them, to Giancarlo's dismay. Meanwhile, things go wrong between their parents Romano and Rosa, prompting Rosa to move in with her sons and their roommate. Tension between the brothers becomes intense when Rosa, for health reasons, needs to return to Italy long-term. One son must accompany her and neither wishes to, as it would leave Johanna to the other.

Cast

Notes

*(1)http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/284376/Solino/overview *(2)http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/74931/Solino.html *(3)https://web.archive.org/web/20080212224540/http://www.br-online.de/kultur-szene/film/kino/0308/00414/

External links

Official site
* * 2002 films Films set in West Germany Films set in restaurants German drama films 2002 drama films Films directed by Fatih Akin Films set in the 1960s Films set in the 1970s Films set in the 1980s Fictional restaurants Films about families Films about immigration Italian drama films German multilingual films Italian multilingual films 2000s German films {{2000s-drama-film-stub