Marriages (1998 film)

1998 Italian film

Marriages

Directed by| Cristina Comencini
Produced by| Aurelio De Laurentiis
Starring|

* Diego Abatantuono
* Francesca Neri
* Stefania Sandrelli

Cinematography| Roberto Forza
Music by| Aldo De Scalzi
Paul Racer
Matt Son

Release date

* 1998 (1998)

Running time

| 94 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Marriages (Italian: Matrimoni) is a 1998 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Cristina Comencini.[1] For her performance Cecilia Dazzi won the David di Donatello for best supporting actress.[2][3]

## Plot

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Giulia is getting everything ready for the Christmas Eve party she always hosts for her family, helped by her unmarried sister Sandra. Her husband Paolo keeps out of the way, going for a game of tennis when he finishes work. It is Giulia who has to go to the railway station to collect her brother Sergio and his wife Lucia, whose relationship is on the brink. Instead of greeting them, on an impulse she jumps on a train that takes her to her birthplace of Trani.

A tense party continues without Giulia, who has bumped into Fausto, an old flame, while Paolo left on his own is being comforted by Sandra. For the New Year, everybody else comes down to Trani, where Giulia's separated parents are having a secret tryst in a hotel closed for the winter. When Fausto and Giulia sneak into an empty bedroom there, they are spotted by her mother and Giulia's virtue is preserved. While Paolo reconciles with Giulia, Sandra and Fausto discover they have a lot in common. Amid all this pairing off, Sergio and Lucia resolve to turn over a new leaf.

## Cast

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* Diego Abatantuono as Paolo
* Francesca Neri as Giulia
* Stefania Sandrelli as Vera
* Claude Brasseur as Alessio
* Paolo Sassanelli as Fausto
* Cecilia Dazzi as Sandra
* Lunetta Savino as Lucia
* Emilio Solfrizzi as Sergio
* Claire Keim as Catherine
* Gigio Alberti
* Fabio De Luigi

## References

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1. ^ Deborah Young (November 15, 1998). "Review: 'Marriages'". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
2. ^ Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
3. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.

## External links

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* Marriages at IMDb

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