An Italian wedding

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Movie
German title An Italian wedding
Original title Love's Brother
Country of production UK , Australia
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Jan Sardi
script Jan Sardi
production Jane Scott,
Sarah Radclyffe
music Stephen Warbeck
camera Andrew Lesnie
cut Veronika Jenet
occupation

An Italian Wedding (OT: Love's Brother ) is an Australian-British romantic comedy from 2004 directed by Jan Sardi .

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Australia at the end of the 1950s: The two brothers Angelo and Gino Donnini left their home in Italy and now live in the countryside in Australia. Gino, the younger, charming and handsome, is very successful with women, while Angelo, reserved and outwardly unattractive, despite efforts by Signora Carmellina to find him a woman from Italy, is unsuccessful with women. All of his letters with his photo come back. Gino, whose girlfriend Conni really wants to marry, finally persuades him to make one last attempt, as traditionally he only wants to marry after his older brother. Angelo writes a letter to Rosetta and encloses a photo of Gino. The southern Italian immediately falls in love with the photo and is still getting married in Italy, without the groom, Angelo, being present.

Upon arrival, Angelo awaits the shocked Rosetta that only Gino wants. Gino is very unsettled by Rosetta, dreams of her, but wants to be loyal to his brother and even proposes to Conni, which she refuses because she feels that he doesn't love her. In order not to cause a strife between the brothers, Rosetta decides to return to Italy. The ship passage is booked. Shortly before departure, Gino manages to get on the ship. Gino and Rosetta get married in Italy, and eventually Conni and Angelo get married too. Gino and Rosetta already have a baby at their wedding.

criticism

“The staging bombast would be almost unbearable without the humorous transfiguration, which makes no secret of their antiquated nostalgia. The result is pleasing emotional cinema, no more, but also no less. "

- film service 15/2004

Awards

An Italian wedding was honored at the Houston Film Festival in the categories "Best Film", "Best Director" and "Best Cinematography". In 2004 the film received the Grand Prize at the Heartland Film Festival .

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