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Welcome to the South

2010 · 102 min

A gentle, sunny culture-clash comedy where prejudices melt into warmth, leaving you smiling and a little wistful.

Directed by
Luca Miniero
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro
Tagline
When you come to the South you cry twice: when you arrive and when you leave.
Overview
Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

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Directed by
Luca Miniero
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • friendship
  • deception
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Luca Miniero
Written by
Massimo Gaudioso
Starring
Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini, Nando Paone, Riccardo Zinna, Nunzia Schiano, Salvatore Misticone
Music
Umberto Scipione
Cinematography
Paolo Carnera
Runtime
102 min
Country
Germany, Italy
Languages
Italian

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