Vacanze di Natale '95 (also known as Christmas Vacation ’95) is a 1995 Italian Christmas comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.[2][3]
| Vacanze di Natale '95 | |
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| Directed by | Neri Parenti |
| Written by | Neri Parenti Enrico Vanzina Carlo Vanzina |
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis |
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| Cinematography | Gianlorenzo Battaglia |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
| Distributed by | Filmauro |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 min |
| Countries | Italy United States |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $12 million (Italy)[1] |
Plot summary
editIn the north of Italy in the town of Busto Arsizio, the clumsy and foolish Lorenzo leaves with his daughter Marta for the Christmas holiday for the city of Aspen, in Colorado. In Rome, the vulgar and womanizer Remo Proietti decides to recover unnecessarily loving relationship with his young wife Kelly, and so the two depart for America, while Remo's friends bettors and gamblers alike depart for America, but for Las Vegas. The story of Remo and Lorenzo starts just as Marta, in full adolescent phase, meets the famous Luke Perry and falls in love. In Aspen, Remo also discovers that his old friend Paolone, bettor and also usurer, is spending her Christmas holidays. When Remo loses a game of cards with him, threatening him Paolone legally, Remo is forced to sign a contract stating that his rival will have a sexual relationship with his wife. But Remo turns out that Kelly has a twin sister, valley of a club in the red light: Michelle...
Cast
edit- Massimo Boldi as Lorenzo
- Christian De Sica as Remo
- Luke Perry as himself (voiced by Francesco Prando)
- Elizabeth Nottoli as Kelly/Michelle (voiced by Francesca Guadagno/Anna Cesareni)
- Claire Ferris as Jane
- Cristiana Capotondi as Marta (voiced by Alessandra Korompay)
- Paolo Bonacelli as "Paolone"
- Howard Ross as Bob (voiced by Davide Marzi)
- Maurizio Mattioli as Remo's friend
Reception
editThe film was the second most popular Italian film in Italy for the year, behind Viaggi di nozze, with a gross of 10.9 billion lire ($6.9 million).[4] It went on to gross over $12 million.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "International Box Office". Variety. 22 January 1996. p. 26.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
- ^ Deborah Young (January 14, 1996). "Review: 'Christmas Vacation '95'". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Top 10 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International. 5 April 1996. p. 17.
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