''My Name Is Tanino'' is a 2002

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directed by

Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...

. The picaresque plot is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist he meets in Sicily and decides to track her down in the

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Plot

Gaetano Mendolìa, nicknamed Tanino, is a native of the fictional Castelluzzo del Golfo, a small seaside resort in the province of

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, Sicily. He studies cinematography in

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and dreams of becoming a movie director. He meets Sally, an American girl vacationing in Italy, with whom he has a brief romance. At the end of her vacation, Sally returns to the fictional Seaport,

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but forgets her camera in Italy. Tanino decides to travel to the US with the pretext of returning Sally's camera to her but in addition to avoiding Italian military service. He leaves at night without telling anyone. After arriving in America, Tanino has a series of adventures with the somewhat shady Li Causi family, Italian-Americans living in the US. Eventually, he leaves them and finally meets up with Sally and her "perfect"

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family, confounding them with his antics. Later, Tanino escapes the clutches of the

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by riding on the roof of a train and arrives in

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where he meets his idol, director Seymour Chinawsky. However, Chinawsky is reduced to poverty and dies soon after promising to make a film with Tanino. Despite Tanino's many misadventures, he always comes out on top because of his ingenuity.

Cast

Corrado Fortuna Corrado Fortuna (born 31 March 1978) is an Italian actor and director. Career Born in Palermo, Fortuna debuted in 2002 with the title role in the film '' My Name Is Tanino'', directed by Paolo Virzi, with whom he then worked as assistant direct ...

: Tanino Mendolia *

Rachel McAdams Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from York University in 2001 with a BFA in theatre, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film '' Perfect Pie'' (2002), ...

: Sally Garfield *Frank Crudele: Angelo Maria Li Causi *

Licinia Lentini Licinia Lentini (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and television personality. She was sometimes credited as Lilian Lacy and Licia Lee Lyon. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, Lentini achieved a wide popularity in 1980 as a showgirl i ...

: Marinella, mother of Tanino * Mary Long: Santa Li Causi *

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: Omobono *

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: Angelina *

Lori Hallier Lori Hallier (born July 8, 1959) is a Canadian film, stage, and television actress. She made her film debut in 1981, starring as Sarah Mercer in George Mihalka's slasher film '' My Bloody Valentine'' (1981). She subsequently starred in ''Warning ...

: Leslie Garfield *

Barry Flatman Barry Flatman (born March 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He began his career as a member of the comedy troupe Homemade Theatre Company, with whom he appeared on the CBC Television sketch comedy series '' Stay Tuned'' (1976–1977). Flatman later ...

: Mr. Garfield *

Don Francks Don Harvey Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3, 2016), also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer. Early life Don Harvey Francks was born on February 28, 1932, and was adopted shortly after his bir ...

: Chinawsky *

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: Jane Garfield *

Meredith Ostrom Meredith Ostrom is an American actress. She graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she got her BFA degree with a double major in Drama and Fine arts with a minor in Cinema Studies. After graduation she moved to Lon ...

: Melissa * Genio Carbone: Rosario *

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: Carmelo, sodale di Rosario

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* 2002 films Italian comedy films Canadian comedy films 2002 comedy films 2000s English-language films English-language Italian films 2000s Italian-language films Films directed by Paolo Virzì Foreign films set in the United States Films set in Sicily 2002 multilingual films Canadian multilingual films Italian multilingual films Italian-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films Films scored by Carlo Virzì {{2000s-comedy-film-stub

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