Italians and other sweets

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Movie
Original title Italians and other sweets
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2004
length 95 minutes
Rod
Director Ute Wieland
script Martin Rauhaus
production Susanne Freyer
music Oliver Biehler
camera Peter Przybylski
cut Martina Matuschewski
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Italians and other sweets is a love comedy and German television production based on the screenplay by Martin Rauhaus and directed by Ute Wieland . The film was produced for ProSieben / Sat.1 in 2003 in Germany and Italy and has been broadcast more frequently since January 22, 2004.

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The almost 30-year-old designer Charlotte Berg leads a rather unspectacular single life until she meets the ice cream seller Paolo in Italy . For both of them, it's love at first sight. Since Charlotte cannot say "no", the holiday acquaintance wrestles a yes word from her before she leaves the Mediterranean resort again. Back in Germany with her clingy mother , who believes in UFOs, and her gay brother, she dismisses the marriage vows as a joke and quickly forgets it. Paolo takes it much more seriously. Months later, he is struck by lightning and dies as a result. On the death bed, Paolo wishes beforehand that a relative - who happens to have the same first name - brings a farewell to Charlotte in Munich .

In the messenger of the message, the cousin Paolo Fabrelli, Charlotte mistakenly believes she recognizes her old holiday flirt. In reality, however, Paolo is a rich confectionery manufacturer. He hides this fact because he thinks women are too complicated and doesn't want to be loved just because of his money. Before he can resolve the misunderstanding, they both get closer and fall in love. But Charlotte and Paolo are repeatedly driven apart by a series of misunderstandings. Among other things, Charlotte has to design the packaging for an Italian chocolate biscuit to save her boss's ailing advertising agency. However, the order came from Fabrelli, who should also buy up the advertising agency. At the same time, Charlotte's friend Gloria thinks the new suitor is a callboy, while the uptight Oliver kisses Charlotte at the wrong time. In the end, Charlotte and Paolo find each other.

Reviews

The German trade press received the romantic comedy differently. Uwe Ebbinghaus ( Frankfurter Rundschau ) drew references to Ally McBeal in the idea and leading actress , but the good-humored young actress Stefanie Stappenbeck could not "save the insignificant, often silly script". Stolen motifs from the successful American television series would mix with stolen ideas from e-mail for you and Chocolat , the plot was "disgusted" and "covered a yawning void".

Heike Hupertz ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ) was less critical of the television film, which was played skilfully and wittily, but with “all the clichés and ingredients of the comedy of confusion, including slapstick in front of an exploding cream machine.” The playful staff consistently shine with casual ease look simple, but only work with precise timing.

The Berliner Zeitung , on the other hand, praised the Pro-Sieben film for its clever dialogues and sometimes unusual stylistic devices: “In places it breaks its own narrative style and lets the protagonists speak directly into the camera and to the audience, inaudible to the bystanders. The story can play with the usual clichés about singles and the search for great love without adopting them. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Ebbinghaus, Uwe: Lightning into nowhere . In: Frankfurter Rundschau, January 22, 2004, p. 20
  2. ↑ cf. Hupertz, Heike: And suddenly the cream machine explodes . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 22, 2004, p. 36
  3. ↑ cf. Two little Italians Pleasantly quiet: mistake comedy with Benjamin Sadler . In: Berliner Zeitung, January 22, 2004, p. 18