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Welcome to the North

2012 · 105 min

A breezy, good-natured culture-clash comedy that coasts on regional stereotypes and easy laughs, pleasant but slight.

Directed by: Luca Miniero
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro

Tagline: But when a Neapolitan goes to the North...?
Overview: Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!

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Directed by: Luca Miniero
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
friendship
class
work
Places: big city
workplace
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	7
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Romance	3
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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Luca Miniero
Written by: Luca Miniero, Fabio Bonifacci
Starring: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini, Nando Paone, Nunzia Schiano, Salvatore Misticone, Teco Celio
Music: Umberto Scipione
Cinematography: Paolo Carnera
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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