''Latin Lover'' is a 2015 Italian

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

film written and directed by

Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian fil ...

. It marked the last cinema appearance of

Virna Lisi Virna Lisa Pieralisi (; 8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included ''How to Murder Your Wife'' (1965), ''Not with My Wife, You Don't!'' (1966), ''The Secre ...

. The film received four nominations at the 2015

David di Donatello Awards The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award ca ...

, for best actress (Lisi), best costumes (

Alessandro Lai Alessandro Lai (born 22 January 1970) is an Italian costume designer. Life and career Born in Cagliari, Lai graduated in letters from the University of Cagliari with a thesis about the reletionship between Piero Tosi and Luchino Visconti; lat ...

), best makeup (Ermanno Spera) and best hairstyling (Alberta Giuliani).

Plot

Upon the tenth anniversary of the death of fictional film star Saverio Crispo, his four daughters get together in the family manor in

Apulia Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...

, Southern Italy. As Saverio used to be at the top of his game as an internationally known film star, he had liaisons with different women across the world, thus having several love children. His children include his Italian daughter, Susanna, who is secretly engaged to Walter, the former editor of Saverio's latest movies, his French daughter, Stéphanie, a mother of three sons from different men, his Spanish daughter, Segunda, the only one being married, and his youngest daughter, Solveig, from Sweden, who had little to no contact with her late father. None of the four women got to really know their late father, but each of them has fabricated an idealized and very personal memory of him. Saverio's two widows, the Italian-born Rita and the Spanish-born Ramona, are also present at the family reunion. The meeting happens as Saverio's hometown celebrates the late actor's life and achievements, but apparently many secrets are yet to be unveiled about his life and his family.

Cast

as Rita *

Marisa Paredes María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (3 April 1946 – 17 December 2024), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, was a Spanish actress with a long illustrious career. She acted in more than 75 films, 80 tv shows and 15 plays – with some of Europe ...

as Ramona *

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian and French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, '' A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 C ...

as Stéphanie *

Angela Finocchiaro Angela Finocchiaro (born 20 November 1955) is an Italian actress. She won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her performance in '' Don't Tell'' and in 2007 for her role of Amelia Benassi in '' My Brother Is an Only ...

as Susanna *

Candela Peña María del Pilar Peña Sánchez (born 14 July 1973), professionally known as Candela Peña, is a Spanish actress. Since her film debut in the 1994 thriller '' Running Out of Time'', she has had a lengthy film career. She won the Goya Award for ...

as Segunda *

Pihla Viitala Pihla Viitala (born 30 September 1982) is a Finnish actress. She studied acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy. Personal life In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. She married Kazakhs, Kazakh-Germans ...

as Solveig * Nadeah Miranda as Shelley * Francesco Scianna as Saverio Crispo *

Jordi Mollà Jordi Mollà Perales () is a Spanish actor, artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has been nominated three times for the Goya Award for Best Actor for '' The Lucky Star'' (1997), '' Second Skin'' (1999), and '' El cónsul de Sodoma'' (1999). Early ...

as Alfonso *

Neri Marcorè Neri Marcorè (born 31 July 1966) is an Italian actor, voice actor, impressionist, television presenter and singer. He has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1994. He starred in the film '' Incantato'', which was entered into the 200 ...

as Walter *

Claudio Gioè Claudio Gioè (born 27 January 1975 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian film and television actor. Career Gioè made his acting debut in the 1997 film "Qui" and has since performed in many other films such as "I cento passi" (" One Hundred Steps", ...

as Marco Serra *

Lluís Homar Lluís Homar i Toboso (born 20 April 1957) is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's '' Bad Education'' (2004) and ''Broken Embraces'' (2009), in Emilio Aragón's '' Paper Birds' ...

as Pedro *

Toni Bertorelli Toni Bertorelli (18 March 1948 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian actor. He performed in over sixty films. Biography Bertorelli was born in Barge, Piedmont, Italy. Bertorelli began his acting career in 1969 working with his friend Carlo Cecchi. H ...

as Picci

Trivia

Final film of Virna Lisi. She was already very ill from cancer during production and died shortly after. The film is dedicated to her in the end credit.

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* 2015 films 2015 comedy-drama films Films directed by Cristina Comencini Italian comedy-drama films 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-drama-film-stub

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