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Feature film — 2006

The Family Friend (2006)

7.21h 42mDrama

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...

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A high-signal pick with 314 votes.

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Director: Paolo Sorrentino

On screen

Cast & crew

Giacomo Rizzo as Geremia

Giacomo Rizzo

Geremia

Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Gino

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Gino

Laura Chiatti as Rosalba

Laura Chiatti

Rosalba

Gigi Angelillo as Saverio, Rosalba's father

Gigi Angelillo

Saverio, Rosalba's father

Clara Bindi as Geremia's mother

Clara Bindi

Geremia's mother

Barbara Valmorin as Bingo's Grandmother

Barbara Valmorin

Bingo's Grandmother

Antonella Salvucci as Presenter

Antonella Salvucci

Presenter

Marco Giallini as Attanasio

Marco Giallini

Attanasio

Giorgio Colangeli as Massa

Giorgio Colangeli

Massa

Alina Nedelea as Belana

Alina Nedelea

Belana

Valentina Lodovini as Debtor woman

Valentina Lodovini

Debtor woman

Roberta Fiorentini as Rosalba's mother

Roberta Fiorentini

Rosalba's mother