''Italians'' is a 2009

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written and directed by

Giovanni Veronesi Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi (writer), Sandro Veronesi. He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco N ...

. For this film

Paolo Buonvino Paolo Buonvino (born 29 March 1968) is an Italian composer, musician, conductor, and music arranger. Life and career Buonvino was born on 29 March 1968 in Scordia, a comune in Sicily, Italy. He earned his Piano Bachelor-Degree from the Conse ...

won the

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for best score. the film also received three nominations at

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for best score, best sound and best special effects.

Plot

First segment: Fortunato is a trucker specialized in the transport of luxury vehicles, especially

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, in

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and in other Gulf countries. Tired of a life away from home and in the process of retiring, he accompanies his successor, the young Marcello, for his last trip in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

. Second segment: Giulio Cesare Carminati, a successful

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dentist, is forced to travel to

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for a medical conference that he had organized but which would not want to participate because of the depression in which he fell since his wife's premature death. There he comes into contact with Vito Calzone, an exuberant Sicilian who lives in the Russian city and organizes meetings with local escorts on behalf of the Italian tourists.

Cast

Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics which he also wrote and directed such as ''Fun Is Beautiful'' and ''Bianco, rosso e Verdone ...

as Giulio Cesare Carminati * Sergio Castellitto as Fortunato Polidori * Riccardo Scamarcio as Marcello Polidori / Walter Lo Russo * Ksenia Rappoport as Vera * Dario Bandiera as Vito Calzone *

Valeria Solarino Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1978) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela. Life and career She was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother. After studying philosophy at the University of Turin, she debut ...

as Haifa * Remo Girone as Roviglione * Elena Presti as Roviglione's wife * John Graham Harper as Mr. Vandenheim *Polina Sidikhina as Natalia

References

External links

* Italian comedy films 2009 comedy films 2009 films Films directed by Giovanni Veronesi Films set in Saint Petersburg Films set in Dubai 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub