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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Luigi Comencini with Virna Lisi
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
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Add to a movie listBuon Natale... buon anno (internationally released as Merry Christmas... Happy New Year) is a 1989 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is based on the novel with the same name by Pasquale Festa Campanile. For this film Virna Lisi was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best actress. The film was coproduced with France where it was released as Joyeux Noël, bonne année.
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Elvira et Gino sont contraints de quitter leur appartement qu'ils ne peuvent plus payer. Chacun d'eux est recueilli par une de leurs filles, aucune d'elles ne pouvant les accueillir ensemble. Elvira et Gino se retrouvent dans une curieuse situation de couple qui doit se donner rendez-vous, comme le ferait un couple d'amants, pour se retrouver.Actors
Virna Lisi
(Elvira)
Michel Serrault
(Gino)
Paolo Graziosi
(Pietro)
Tiziana Pini
(Giannina)
Francesca Neri
(the girl in the pullman)
Mattia Sbragia
(Giorgio)
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