'' Denti'' (''Teeth'') is a 2000
Italian comedy-drama film directed by
Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
. It is based on the novel with the same name written by
Domenico Starnone.
It entered the competition at the
57th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Antonio has always had problems with his incisors: enormous and therefore embarrassing. During a quarrel Mara, the woman for whom he left his wife and two children and of whom he is extremely jealous, throws him a crystal ashtray breaking his teeth. He begins his wandering among dentists that will turn into a sort of journey in his own conscience, altered by painkillers, by quarrels with Mara and by memories and ghosts that resurface.
Cast
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Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature ...
as Antonio
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Anita Caprioli as Mara
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Paolo Villaggio as Dr. Cagnano
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Claudio Amendola as Young Antonio
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Anouk Grinberg as Mother of Antonio
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Uncle Nino
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Tom Novembre: as Micco
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Angela Goodwin
Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where s ...
as Ciuta
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Barbara Cupisti as Dr. Calandra's Secretary
References
External links
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2000 films
Italian drama films
2000s Italian-language films
Films directed by Gabriele Salvatores
2000 drama films
2000s Italian films
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