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Natale sul Nilo

2002 · 100 min

A loud, silly holiday romp full of mistaken identities and slapstick, easy to leave on while wrapping presents.

Overview
A womanizing lawyer follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is a bumbling police chief who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet during a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • parenthood
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • road trip
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Neri Parenti
Written by
Neri Parenti, Andrea Margiotta, Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani
Starring
Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, Bruno Arena, Max Cavallari, Mabel Lozano, Nuria De La Fuente
Music
Bruno Zambrini
Cinematography
Gianlorenzo Battaglia
Runtime
100 min
Country
Italy, United Kingdom, Spain
Languages
Italian

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