Io e mia sorella
| Io e mia sorella (My sister and I) | |
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| Directed by | Carlo Verdone |
| Produced by | Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Written by | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Carlo Verdone |
| Starring | Carlo Verdone, Ornella Muti, Elena Sofia Ricci |
| Music by | Fabio Liberatori |
| Cinematography | Danilo Desideri |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
| Distributed by | Cecchi Gori Group |
Release dates | 1987 |
Running time | 110 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Io e mia sorella (internationally released as Me and My Sister and My Sister and I) is a 1987 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Carlo Verdone.[1] For this film Elena Sofia Ricci was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category.[2] The film also won a Silver Ribbon for best actress (Ornella Muti) and a David di Donatello for Best Script.[2]
Plot
Serena and Carlo are happily married in Italy, but the arrival of his sister Silvia, disrupts the peaceful family balance. In fact the woman, when was a young girl, went in Hungary and married an athlete with whom she had a son. But now the couple, when comes to Hungary for a promise made to dying mother of Carlo, discovers that Silvia's husband had a serious accident and now is paralyzed. So it's up to Carlo and Serena helping the poor Silvia to look after the baby.
Cast
- Carlo Verdone: Carlo Piergentili
- Ornella Muti: Silvia Piergentili
- Elena Sofia Ricci: Serena
- Mariangela Giordano: Nadia
- Galeazzo Benti: Lawyer Sironi
- Tomas Arana: Gábor
- Veronica Lazar: Judge