''Facciamo paradiso'' (also known as ''Looking for Paradise'') is a 1995 Italian

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

directed by

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...

. It is based on a short story by

Giuseppe Pontiggia Giuseppe Pontiggia (; 25 September 1934 – 27 June 2003) was an Italian literature, Italian writer and literary critic. Biography He was born in Como, and moved to Milan with his family in 1948. In 1959 he graduated from the Università Cattoli ...

Plot

The film tells the story of Claudia Bertelli, a young Italian girl born after

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, who takes place contestating in '68, along with the Communists, and then mother full of contradictions and doubts over the years of modernism. She dies in 2011, in an era full of crisis.

Cast

Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (; born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and eight-time Nastro d'Argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her ...

: Claudia Bertelli *

Lello Arena Raffaele "Lello" Arena (born 1 November 1953) is an Italian actor and comics writer. He was also an occasional film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples as Raffaele Arena, he was the son of two workers in a tobacco facto ...

: Calabrone *

Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

: Padre di Claudia *

Aurore Clément Aurore Clément (; born 12 October 1945) is a French actress who has appeared in French and English language movies and television productions. Early life She was born Marie-Thérèse Aurore Louise Clément in Soissons. Following the death of h ...

: Madre di Claudia *

Dario Cassini Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name *Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician *Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director * Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper *Dario Bellezza (19 ...

: Lucio * Barbara Marciano: Anita *

Gianfelice Imparato Gianfelice Imparato (born 9 August 1956) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director. Life and career Born in Castellammare di Stabia, Imparato left his university law studies to devote himself to an acting career, and made his professio ...

: Bellocchio *

Moni Ovadia Salomone "Moni" Ovadia (born Solomon Ovadia on 16 April 1946) is a Bulgarian-born Italian Jewish actor, musician, singer, theatrical author and activism, activist. His theatrical performances recall the lost world of Eastern European Jewish cul ...

: Adamo * Marilù Prati: Teresa *

Mattia Sbragia Mattia Sbragia (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian character actor. The son of the actor and stage director Giancarlo Sbragia and the actress Princess Esmeralda Ruspoli. He made his motion picture debut in 1974, in Franco Rossetti's ''Nipoti ...

: Detective

References

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* 1995 films Italian comedy-drama films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Mario Monicelli 1995 comedy-drama films Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico 1990s Italian films Films based on Italian short stories Films based on works by Giuseppe Pontiggia {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub