I fratelli De Filippo
2021 film directed by Sergio Rubini
I fratelli De Filippo (transl. "The De Filippo Siblings") is a 2021 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Sergio Rubini. The film tells the story of actors Eduardo, Peppino and Titina De Filippo, and their complex relationship with their father, the playwright and stage actor Eduardo Scarpetta.
Plot
Cast
Mario Autore as Eduardo De Filippo
Domenico Pinelli as Peppino De Filippo
Anna Ferraioli Ravel as Titina De Filippo
Giancarlo Giannini as Eduardo Scarpetta
Susy Del Giudice as Luisa De Filippo
Biagio Izzo as Vincenzo Scarpetta
Marisa Laurito as Rosa De Filippo
Marianna Fontana as Adele Carloni-De Filippo
Maurizio Casagrande as Giacomo Cinque
Giovanni Esposito as Capece
Nicola Di Pinto as Carluccio
Augusto Zucchi as Impresario from Milan
Lucianna De Falco as Moneylender
Jennifer Bianchi as Dorothy Pennington
Francesco Maccarinelli as Pietro Carloni
Antonio Milo as Aulicino
Maurizio Micheli as Nicola Urcioli
Lucienne Perreca as Maria Scarpetta
Tiziana Tirrito as Tina Pica
Vincenzo Salemme as Riccardo Ruggiti
Release
The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival, and was released in Italian cinemas on 13 December 2021.
Reception
The film was nominated for six David di Donatello Awards, winning the award for best score. The score by Nicola Piovani also won the Nastro d'Argento in the same category. The film also received the 2022 Ciak d'oro for best film of the year and for best actress (Susy Del Giudice).
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