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| director = [[Mario Monicelli]]
| director = [[Mario Monicelli]]
| story = Carmine Amoroso
| story = Carmine Amoroso
| writer = [[Carmine Amoroso]] (play), [[Piero De Bernardi]], [[Mario Monicelli]], [[Suso Cecchi d'Amico]]
| writer = [[Piero De Bernardi]]<br/>Mario Monicelli<br/>[[Suso Cecchi d'Amico]]<br/>Carmine Amoroso
| starring = [[Alessandro Haber]]<br>[[Cinzia Leone]]<br>[[Paolo Panelli]]
| starring = Tommaso Bianco<br/>[[Renato Cecchetto]]<br/>[[Marina Confalone]]<br/>[[Alessandro Haber]]<br/>[[Cinzia Leone]]<br/>Eugenio Masciari<br/>[[Paolo Panelli]]<br/>[[Monica Scattini]]<br/>[[Pia Velsi]]
| music = [[Adelio Cogliati]]
| music = [[Adelio Cogliati]]
| cinematography = [[Franco Di Giacomo]]
| cinematography = [[Franco Di Giacomo]]
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| producer = [[Giovanni Di Clemente]]
| producer = [[Giovanni Di Clemente]]
| distributor = Clemi Film
| distributor = Clemi Film
| released = 26 March 1992
| released = {{Film date|1992|03|26|df=yes}}
| runtime = 105 min
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = [[Italy]]
| country = [[Italy]]
| language = Italian
| language = Italian
| budget =
| budget =
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'''''Parenti serpenti''''' (also known as ''Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations'') is a 1992 Italian [[black comedy film]] written and directed by [[Mario Monicelli]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Leonardo De Franceschi|title=Lo sguardo eclettico: il cinema di Mario Monicelli|year=2001|publisher=Marsilio, 2001|isbn=8831777637}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ivana Delvino|title=I film di Mario Monicelli|year=2008|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2008|isbn=978-8884404770}}</ref><ref name="90-00 M-Z">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401372}}</ref> It won the Italian film critics [[Silver Ribbon]] for Best Costumes.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=88-7742-221-1}}</ref>
'''''Parenti serpenti''''' (also known as ''Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations'') is a 1992 Italian [[black comedy film]] written and directed by [[Mario Monicelli]].<ref>{{cite book|last=De Franceschi|first=Leonardo |title=Lo sguardo eclettico: il cinema di Mario Monicelli|year=2001|publisher=Marsilio|isbn=8831777637}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Delvino|first=Ivana |title=I film di Mario Monicelli|year=2008|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2008|isbn=978-8884404770}}</ref><ref name="90-00 M-Z">{{cite book|first1=Roberto |last1=Chiti |first2=Enrico |last2=Lancia |first3=Roberto |last3=Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore|isbn=8884401372}}</ref> It won the Italian film critics [[Silver Ribbon]] for Best Costumes.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|first=Enrico |last=Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore|isbn=88-7742-221-1}}</ref> Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a [[stage play]] that ran in Italy and Spain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carmine Amoroso |url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/carmine-amoroso |website=International Film Festival Rotterdam |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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An old couple invite all their children and grandchildren to their home in [[Sulmona]], in [[Abruzzo]], to celebrate the [[Christmas]] holidays. After a day spent at church and playing bingo at home, the grandmother asks her two daughters and two sons to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. Their children are initially pleased to hear that their parents want to see more of them, but no one wants to take on the responsibility of having them move into their home.

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An old couple invite all their children and grandchildren to their home in [[Sulmona]], in [[Abruzzo]], to celebrate the [[Christmas]] holidays. After a day spent at church and playing bingo at home, the grandmother asks her two daughters and two sons to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. Their children are initially pleased to hear that their parents want to see more of them, but no one wants to take on the responsibility of having them move into their home...


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Marina Confalone]]: Lina
* [[Marina Confalone]] as Lina
* [[Alessandro Haber]]: Alfredo
* [[Alessandro Haber]] as Alfredo
* [[Tommaso Bianco]]: Michele
* Tommaso Bianco as Michele
* [[Cinzia Leone]]: Gina
* [[Cinzia Leone]] as Gina
* [[Eugenio Masciari]]: Alessandro
* Eugenio Masciari as Alessandro
* [[Paolo Panelli]]: Grandfather Saverio
* [[Renato Cecchetto]] as Filippo
* [[Pia Velsi]] as Grandmother Trieste
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* [[Monica Scattini]]: Milena
* [[Paolo Panelli]] as Grandfather Saverio
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* [[Monica Scattini]] as Milena
* [[Nicoletta Orsomando]]


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:1992 films]]
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[[Category:1992 black comedy films]]
[[Category:Commedia all'italiana]]
[[Category:Commedia all'italiana]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mario Monicelli]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mario Monicelli]]
[[Category:Italian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Italian black comedy films]]
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[[Category:1990s black comedy films]]
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[[Category:Italian films]]
[[Category:Films about families]]
[[Category:Films about families]]
[[Category:Films shot in Abruzzo]]
[[Category:Films shot in Abruzzo]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico]]
[[Category:1992 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films adapted into plays]]
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[[Category:1990s Italian films]]
[[Category:1990s Italian-language films]]




Latest revision as of 02:34, 29 June 2024

Parenti serpenti
Directed byMario Monicelli
Written byPiero De Bernardi
Mario Monicelli
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Carmine Amoroso
Story byCarmine Amoroso
Produced byGiovanni Di Clemente
StarringTommaso Bianco
Renato Cecchetto
Marina Confalone
Alessandro Haber
Cinzia Leone
Eugenio Masciari
Paolo Panelli
Monica Scattini
Pia Velsi
CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byAdelio Cogliati
Distributed byClemi Film
Release date
  • 26 March 1992 (1992-03-26)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Parenti serpenti (also known as Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations) is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli.[1][2][3] It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes.[4] Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain.[5]

Plot

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An old couple invite all their children and grandchildren to their home in Sulmona, in Abruzzo, to celebrate the Christmas holidays. After a day spent at church and playing bingo at home, the grandmother asks her two daughters and two sons to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. Their children are initially pleased to hear that their parents want to see more of them, but no one wants to take on the responsibility of having them move into their home.

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ De Franceschi, Leonardo (2001). Lo sguardo eclettico: il cinema di Mario Monicelli. Marsilio. ISBN 8831777637.
  2. ^ Delvino, Ivana (2008). I film di Mario Monicelli. Gremese Editore, 2008. ISBN 978-8884404770.
  3. ^ Chiti, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore. ISBN 8884401372.
  4. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
  5. ^ "Carmine Amoroso". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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