made in Italy (2008)

Réalisateur : Stéphane Giusti Acteurs principaux : Gilbert Melki, Amira Casar, Caterina Murino Origine : France Année de production : 2007 Année de sortie : 2008 Luca Morandi, 35 ans, est un jeune écrivain en mal d'inspiration, de succès et d'amour. Le voilà parvenu à l'âge adulte sans vraiment en être un, il lorgne toujours du côté d'une enfance bénie passée en Italie, auprès d'un père fantasque, éblouissant, comme un personnage de pays fantastique. Du moins le croit-il... Lorsque ce père, chirurgien esthétique à Turin, meurt brutalement, Luca part avec sa soeur Isabella pour les obsèques. Mais l'enterrement vire au cauchemar : veuves, demi-veuves, maîtresses, nouveau frères et soeurs, dettes à en perdre la tête, Italie "berlusconisée"... Luca redécouvre son pays d'enfance et un père mythique avec des yeux d'adulte. De la haine à l'amour, du ressentiment au pardon, Luca va redéfinir le sens de sa propre identité, de sa propre existence, réconcilier la France qui est en lui avec son Italie natale. En un mot, grandir, devenir enfin adulte.

Director : Stephane Giusti Main casting : Gilbert Melki, Amira Casar, Caterina Murino Country : France Year of production : 2007 Year of release : 2008 French writer, Luca Morandi was born in Italy. He is forty years old and finds himself at a crossroads in his life: he doesn’t know where to turn, France, his adopted home where he was raised ? Or Italy, the country of his birth, perfect, wonderful and ideal, like a child’s dream ? Today, Luca faces a crisis : he’s neither Italian, nor French. He’s nothing. His father, a renowned cosmetic surgeon in Turin, dies suddenly. Luca has to return to Italy with his sister Isabella for the funeral. But the burial, this bereavement that should help him grow-up, becomes a complete nightmare: widows, secret mistresses, new brothers and sisters, enough debts to drive you crazy, and a new and different ”berlusconised” Italy without memory. Luca rediscovers his childhood country and his own life through his adult eyes. Everything seems to have lost its flavour, except maybe for Lilla, his childhood sweetheart he randomly comes across in a stadium. Luca finds it impossible to mourn, he’s constantly haunted by this father’s love of life, women, and red convertible cars. From hate to love, resentment to forgiveness, Luca will redefine the rules and the meaning of his own identity and his existence. He will reconcile the France within him with his native Italy. On both sides of the Alps, la vita is dolce and beautiful.