Viaggi di nozze
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| name = {{lang|it|Viaggi di nozze}}
| image =
| director = Carlo Verdone
| producer =
| writer =
| starring = Carlo Verdone
Veronica Pivetti
| cinematography = Danilo Desideri
| music =
| studio = Cecchi Gori Group{{cite web|title=Viaggi di nozze (1995)|website=Archivio del Cinema Italiano|access-date=31 December 2024|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=MN9948}}
| distributor = Warner Bros. Italia
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| runtime = 1h 43min
| released = {{Film date|1995|12|15|Italy|df=yes}}
| gross = $15.7 million (Italy){{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=International Box Office|page=19|date=29 January 1996}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Screen International|date=20 December 1996|page=|title=International box office comment|first=Lee|last=Marshall}}
}}
{{langnf|it|Viaggi di nozze|Honeymoons}} is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediasetpremium.it/guidatv/cinema/viaggi-di-nozze_F006660901000101.html|title=Mediaset Infinity: Programmi TV, Video, Dirette Live e Film}}
Plot
The film is divided into three stories that mingle during the performance.
In the first story, the timid Giovannino is married to Valeria and is about to leave in a cruise ship; but at the last moment Giovannino can not even leave, because he must look after his elderly father, abandoned by the caretaker, while Valeria must think of her sister, who pretends suicide because she wants money from her ex-boyfriend. Their honeymoon turns into a nightmare.
In the second story, Raniero marries Fosca, his second wife. Immediately the honeymoon in Venice becomes tragic, because Raniero's weight is too much for Fosca, although he does not want it, the fact of having to face up to the "perfection" of his first wife, praised by Raniero. In the end, Fosca desperate suicides, just like his first wife.
In the third story, the vulgar Ivano is married to Jessica, and their wedding journey becomes an uncompromising tour of discos. Soon the two realize that they have nothing in common to share because they know too much, and so they invent strategies to learn to "meet" again, without success, sinking into a state of depression and boredom.
Cast
- Carlo Verdone as Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano
- Veronica Pivetti as Fosca
- Claudia Gerini as Jessica Sessa
- {{Interlanguage link|Cinzia Mascoli|it}} as Valeriana Coli
- {{Interlanguage link|Gloria Sirabella|it}} as Gloria Coli
- {{Interlanguage link|Edoardo Siravo|it}} as Stefano
- {{Interlanguage link|Nanni Tamma|it}} as Adelmo, Giovanni's father
- Maddalena Fellini as Piera, Giovanni's mother
- {{Interlanguage link|Gianni Vagliani|it}} as Luciano
Reception
The film was number one at the Italian box office for three consecutive weeks and was the most popular Italian film in Italy for the year.{{cite magazine|magazine=Screen International|title=Top 10 Domestic Films 1995|page=17|date=5 April 1996}} It went on to a gross over $15 million.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0114844}}
{{Carlo Verdone}}
Category:Films directed by Carlo Verdone
Category:1990s Italian-language films
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