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The Story of Boys and Girls (1989)

Directed by Pupi Avati

Overview

At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day’s engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancĂ©, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo’s mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next morning, the four of them go by train to the farmhouse, joined by Angelo’s married, unpregnant sister. The day-long dinner is riotous, couples display affection and impatience, children chase angels. Angelo’s family stays the night, and his sister Linda has a visitor. A silver elephant makes the perfect gift.

Length 87 minutes

Actors

Felice Andreasi | Lucrezia Lante della Rovere | Alessandro Haber | Angiola Baggi | Davide Bechini | Lina Bernardi | Claudio Botosso | Enrica Maria Modugno | Claudia Pozzi | Anna Bonaiuto | Massimo Bonetti | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stefania Orsola Garello | Marcello Cesena | Santo Bellina | Monica Cervini | Roberta Paladini | Claudia Casaglia