The Salt of Life ( Gianni e le donne ) ( Il sale della vita )

The Salt of Life (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Gianni e le donne
Alternate Title: Il sale della vita
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Gianni Di Gregorio

Written By:
Gianni Di Gregorio
Valerio Attanasio

Actors:
Gianni Di Gregorio ..... Giovanni Brandori detto Gianni
Valeria De Franciscis ..... La madre di Gianni
Alfonso Santagata ..... l'avvocato Alfonso
Elisabetta Piccolomini ..... La moglie di Gianni
Valeria Cavalli ..... Valeria
Aylin Prandi ..... Aylin
Kristina Cepraga ..... Kristina
Michelangelo Ciminale ..... Michelangelo
Teresa Di Gregorio ..... Teresa
Lilia Silvi ..... Lilia
Gabriella Sborgi ..... Gabriella
Laura Squizzato ..... Laura
Silvia Squizzato ..... Silvia

Synopsis:

House husband Gianni has many things to worry about while his retirement slips by doing boring chores for his wife, mother, daughter and pretty neighbour. But romance is not one of them. One day his old friend Alfonso, inspired by his own sexual escapades, decides it's time for Gianni to get a girlfriend and reaquiant himself with some of life's pleasure. Directed by and starring Gianni De Gregorio, this is a delightful comedy featuring the characters from the indie hit 'Mid-August Lunch'.

Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the right reasons? Doesn't his wife profit by the situation (she still works so it is only logical that Gianni do all the chores)? Isn't he subject to the excruciating whims of his rich mother?... Sure, everybody LIKES Gianni, but who LOVES him? Agreed, being kind to them, he is the ladies pet, but he does not attract them anymore. That is why, when his macho lawyer friend Alfonso blames him for not having young mistresses 'like every other senior Italian male', Gianni, who is beginning to ask himself questions about what it is like to become old, starts chasing dames...

Despite the fact he is a middle-aged man, Gianni lives in an old house in the centre of Rome with his mother, a woman of faded nobility who tyrannises him and leaves him only enough free time to go to the tavern. On the eve of the Feast of the Assumption holiday, the apartment block manager aware of Gianni's enforced 'captivity' suggests he look after his own mother for a couple of days, in return for the waiver of all the unpaid utility bills. When he turns up at his house also accompanied by his old aunt, Gianni feels rather ill. He therefore pays a visit to his doctor friend for a check-up, but even the latter leaves his old mother in Gianni's care for the Feast of the Assumption.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.

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