''Viva l'Italia'' () is a 2012 Italian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by

Massimiliano Bruno Massimiliano Bruno (born 4 June 1970) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Rome into a family of Calabrian origins, Bruno formed as an actor in a drama laboratory "Torre Spaccata". He started his ...

. In the film, politician Michele Spagnolo loses the ability to lie because of a

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

. The strange situation leads to dire consequences. The film was shot in and around

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

Premise

The film revolves around the Spagnolo family. Michele Spagnolo is the leader of the political party Viva l'Italia. Dire consequences arise when he loses the ability to lie because of a stroke.

Cast

Raoul Bova Raoul Bova (; born 14 August 1971) is an Italian actor. Bova's European film breakthrough was in the 1993 film , and he's played romantic male leads in the following years. His American film credits include '' Under the Tuscan Sun'' (2003), '' ...

as Riccardo Spagnolo *

Ambra Angiolini Ambra Angiolini (born 22 April 1977) is an Italian actress and singer. She made her film debut in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Saturn in Opposition'' (2007) for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Nastro ...

as Susanna Spagnolo *

Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Belloc ...

as Michele Spagnolo *

Alessandro Gassmann Alessandro Gassmann (; born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director. Early life Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, German, Jewish and French des ...

as Valerio Spagnolo *

Rocco Papaleo Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Biography Born in Lauria, Basilicata, he moved to Rome to study math at university, while working as a plongeur. He left university to attend the theat ...

as Tony *

Edoardo Leo Edoardo Leo (born 21 April 1972) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Leo, a graduate in Literature and Philosophy from the Sapienza University of Rome, started attending acting courses at young age and ...

as Marco *

Maurizio Mattioli Maurizio Mattioli (born 3 June 1950) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome, Mattioli started his career in 1973, when he appeared in the RAI variety show ''Dove sta Zazà''. He got his first successes as a member of t ...

as Antonio *

Rolando Ravello Rolando Ravello (born 4 June 1969) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, at young age Ravello founded a comedy ensemble with Manuela Morabito e Renato Giordano, and in 1988 the trio co-hosted the RAI ch ...

as Giansanti *

Sarah Felberbaum Sarah Felberbaum (born 28 November 1980) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in London to a British mother and an American father of German-Jewish descent, Felberbaum moved to Italy with her family when she was a year old. At 15 she st ...

as Valentina * Isabelle Adriani as paziente ospedale * Imma Piro as Giovanna *

Camilla Filippi Camilla Filippi (born 13 October 1979) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Brescia, Filippi started her career, when she was a teenager, appearing in a series of Barilla commercials. She made her acting d ...

as Elena * Nicola Pistoia as Roberto D'Onofrio *

Isa Barzizza Isa Barzizza (22 November 1929 – 28 May 2023) was an Italian actress whose career spanned over 60 years. Life and career Early life Born in Sanremo, Barzizza was the daughter of the conductor and composer Pippo Barzizza. Gianfranco Baldazzi ...

as Marisa *

Sergio Fiorentini Sergio Fiorentini (29 July 1934 – 11 December 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films an ...

as Cesare *

Remo Remotti Remo Remotti (16 November 1924 – 21 June 2015) was an Italian actor, playwright, artist and poet. Life and career Born in Rome, Remotti lost his father at 12 years old, then after graduating in Law he moved to Peru, where he attended an art ...

as Annibale * Massimiliano Vado as Max * Samantha Fantauzzi as Sonia * Edoardo Maria Falcone as Stalker * Barbara Folchitto as Anna *

as TV presenter * Patrizia Pellegrino as Talk Show presenter *

Frankie HI-NRG MC Francesco Di Gesù (; born 18 July 1969), better known by his stage name Frankie Hi-NRG MC, is an Italian rap and hip hop artist of Sicilian descent, born in Turin and raised between Caserta and Città di Castello. He has been active since the ea ...

as Mc *

Ninni Bruschetta Ninni Bruschetta (born Antonino Bruschetta; 6 January 1962) is an Italian actor, film and stage director and screenwriter. Life and career Born on 6 January 1962, in Messina, Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi "Nutrimenti terrestri", ...

as himself *

Paola Minaccioni Paola Minaccioni (born 25 September 1971) is an Italian actress. Her credits include '' Fasten Your Seatbelts'', '' Many Kisses Later'', '' Magnificent Presence'' and the television series ''Una pallottola nel cuore''. She won the 2012 Globo d' ...

as Logopedist *

Edoardo Pesce Edoardo Pesce (born 12 September 1979) is an Italian actor. Biography A student of the actor Enzo Garinei, Pesce began his career on stage, but gained notoriety with the TV series ''Romanzo criminale'' and ''I Cesaroni''. He received critical a ...

as Mazzone * Stefano Fresi as Santini * Valerio Aprea as Director *

Lucia Ocone Lucia Ocone (born 3 May 1974) is an Italian actress and comedian. Life and career Born in Albano Laziale, at young age Ocone moved to Rome to study acting, following courses held by Francesca De Sapio and Lucilla Lupaioli. In 1992, she made her ...

as Waitress *

Cristiano Malgioglio Giuseppe Cristiano Malgioglio (; born 23 April 1945) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television personality. Over the course of his career, he published thirty studio albums, being appreciated as a songwriter in the 1970s and 1980s. Start ...

as himself * Alessandro Mannarino as himself

Reception

References

External links

* 2012 comedy films 2012 films Films directed by Massimiliano Bruno Italian comedy films Films about dysfunctional families Films set in Rome 2010s Italian films 2010s Italian-language films Italian-language comedy films {{2010s-Italy-comedy-film-stub