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The Story of Boys and Girls (1989)

The Story of Boys and Girls (1989)

Drama Comedy

A feast for lovers

Release Date: 1989, September 15
Directors: Pupi Avati
Countries: Italy
Production: Duea Film, Unione Cinematografica Internazionale, RAI
Cast: Mattia Sbragia, Felice Andreasi, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Massimo Sarchielli, Anna Bonaiuto, Massimo Bonetti, Alessandro Haber, Roberta Paladini, Claudio Botosso, Lina Bernardi, Stefania Orsola Garello

Overview:

At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, 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.