Mr. Happiness
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Mister Felicità}}
| director = Alessandro Siani
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| screenplay = Alessandro Siani
Fabio Bonifacci
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| starring = Alessandro Siani
Diego Abatantuono
Carla Signoris
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| music = Umberto Scipione
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| distributor = 01 Distribution
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|1|1}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
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| gross = {{USD|10.5 million}}{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2017W1&id=_fMISTERFELICIT01|title= Mister Felicità|accessdate= 25 January 2017|work= Box Office Mojo}}
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Mr. Happiness ({{langx|it|Mister Felicità}}) is a 2017 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani and starring Siani, Diego Abatantuono and Carla Signoris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmitalia.org/p.aspx?t=film&l=en&did=95744|title=Mr. Happiness|website=Film Italia|access-date=22 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/it-en/title/80987557|title=Mr. Happiness|website=Netflix|access-date=22 July 2020}} It was released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 1 January 2017.{{cite web |url= https://www.comingsoon.it/film/mister-felicita/53060/scheda/|title= Mister Felicità|accessdate= 9 January 2017|work= comingsoon.it|language= Italian}}
Plot
Martino is a lazy young Neapolitan who lives in Switzerland at his sister's place. When she suffers an accident, he has to replace her in at work as a cleaning lady.
Martino cleans the office of a psychologist and mental coach and one day, when the doctor is absent, he decides to try to replace him, assuming the name "Mr. Happiness". So Martino meets a doctor's patient, Caterina (a high level ice skater facing a performance drop) and falls in love with her, even though she has relationship problems with her strict mother.
Cast
- Alessandro Siani as Martino
- Diego Abatantuono as Guglielmo Gioia
- Carla Signoris as Augusta
- Elena Cucci as Arianna Crof
- Cristiana Dell'Anna as Caterina De Simone
- Yari Gugliucci as Procolo
- David Zed as the team coach
- Ernesto Mahieux as the team president
Reception
The film was number two on its opening weekend in Italy, with {{USD|1.98 million}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/italy/?yr=2016&wk=53&p=new|title= Italy Box Office December 30–January 1, 2017|accessdate= 9 January 2017|work= Box Office Mojo}} It was number-one on its second weekend, with {{USD|3.35 million}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/italy/?yr=2017&wk=01&p=.htm|title= Italy Box Office January 6–8, 2017|accessdate= 9 January 2017|work= Box Office Mojo}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|6302050}}
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Category:Films directed by Alessandro Siani
Category:2010s Italian-language films
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