The Family Friend

2006 Italian film

2006 (2006)

Running time

102 minutes
110 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The Family Friend (Italian: L'amico di famiglia) is a 2006 Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter.^[2]

Cast

Giacomo Rizzo - Geremia De Geremei
Laura Chiatti - Rosalba De Luca
Gigi Angelillo - Saverio
Marco Giallini - Attanasio
Barbara Valmorin - Nonna al bingo
Luisa De Santis - Silvia
Clara Bindi - Madre di Geremia
Roberta Fiorentini - Moglie di Saverio
Elia Schilton - Teasuro
Lorenzo Gioielli - Montanaro
Emilio De Marchi - Chef
Giorgio Colangeli - Massa
Fabio Grossi - Cognato di Saverio
Lucia Ragni - Cassiera
Fabrizio Bentivoglio - Gino

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References

^ "Festival de Cannes: The Family Friend". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772105/ The Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772105/ The Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}