Paolo Sorrentino's effortlessly stylish film centres on Geremia di Geremei a sleazy and misanthropic small-time loan shark who lives in a dingy apartment with his invalid mother. When a cash - strapped couple approach him for a loan to pay for the wedding of their daughter Rosalba Geremia finds himself helplessly obsessed by the bride-to-be's stunning beauty and takes full advantage of his self proclaimed position as 'a friend of the family' to get as close to her as possible. But i
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Paolo Sorrentino's effortlessly stylish film centres on Geremia di Geremei, a sleazy and misanthropic small-time loan shark who lives in a dingy apartment with his invalid mother. When a cash - strapped couple approach him for a loan to pay for the wedding of their daughter Rosalba, Geremia finds himself helplessly obsessed by the bride-to-be's stunning beauty and takes full advantage of his self proclaimed position as 'a friend of the family' to get as close to her as possible. But in the icily disdainful Rosalba, he may finally have met his match. Giacomo Rizzo gives a brilliant performance as the loathsome money lender in this highly original, visually dazzling and blackly comic suspense filled drama. Actors Luigi Angelillo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Liliana Bernacciano, Clara Bindi, Giovanni Caruso, Laura Chiatti, Giorgio Colangeli, Emilio De Marchi, Luisa De Santis, Roberta Fiorentini, Marco Giallini, Lorenzo Gioielli & Francesco Grittani Director Paolo Sorrentino Certificate 15 years and over Year 2006 Languages Italian - Dolby Digital (5.1) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour 36 minutes (approx)
Italian family drama about a rotten loan shark horning his way into a young couple's wedding. This critically beloved third film by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is said by many to be his best work to date. Geremia De Geremei (Giacomo Rizzo) is sleazy and thoroughly disagreeable old loan shark who lives with his bedridden harridan of a mum. Friendless and socially inept, he horns in on a young couple whose parents are forced to borrow from him to pay for their nuptials. The loan is made conditional upon the proud parents inviting this elderly sleaze to their child's big day, which they agree to only with great reluctance. De Geremei's interest in the pretty young bride Rosalba (Laura Chiatti) becomes decidedly unhealthy but he may have met his match in this scathing-tongued bride-to-be.
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