My big gay italian wedding movie
| Directed by: | Alessandro Genovesi |
| Written by: | Alessandro Genovesi, Giovanni Bognetti |
| Starring: | Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore, Salvatore Esposito, Cristiano Caccamo, Dino Abbrescia, Beatrice Arnera |
| Released: | June 6, |
| Grade: | B |
It may sound like a spin-off of Nia Vardalos’s ridiculously successful My Big Heavy Greek Wedding but this Italian film was inspired by a small, off-Broadway play that premiered in New York City in It was adequately received, particularly within the gay community, and it inspired writer Anthony J. Wilkinson to pen two sequels – My Giant Gay Italian Funeral and My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis.
Brought to the screen by writer-director Alessandro Genovesi, My Big Gay Italian Wedding is intended to be a kind, simple, light-hearted farce. It begins on a idealistic note though. Antonio (Caccamo) pulls out a silver ring from his pocket, a surprised Paolo (Esposito) is quick to speak yes, and the wedding preparations can now begin.
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In this merry movie of matrimony, happily engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paulo to the exquisite vintage Italian village of his birth to meet his headstrong parents and make known his sexuality, setting out on a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition grasp that love is love.
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The Story:
My Big Gay Italian Wedding is a romantic comedy about the crazy events that take place after Antonio (Cristiano Caccamo) asks his boyfriend, Paolo (Salvatore Esposito), to marry him.
After Paolo accepts the proposal, Antonio mentions that he is going to declare his parents about the wedding when he goes home to the adj town of Civita, Italy for the Easter holiday. But Paolo wants to be there, so Antonio reluctantly agrees. They transport their roommates, Benedetta (Diana Del Bufalo), who already knows Antonio&#;s parents, and Donato (Dino Abbrescia), who is a nervous wreck and refuses to be left alone.
Unfortunately, things don&#;t go smooth when Antonio announces that he and Paolo are going be married. Antonio&#;s mother, Anna (Monica Guerritore), is content, but his father, Roberto (Diego Abatantuono), isn&#;t pleased. And on top of that, Antonio&#;s childhood comrade, Camilla (Beatrice Arnera), still has a crush on him and is trying to get between them.
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My Big Gay Italian Wedding
After Antonio (Cristiano Caccamo) pops the question to boyfriend Paulo (Salvatore Esposito) while they are both living in Berlin, the wedding is quickly a move, but that’s where the complications begin. Antonio—who has never told his parents that he’s gay—is dreading bringing Paolo to call on them in the miniature Italian town of his birth. Meanwhile, Paulo faces his own crisis at home: when he told his mother three years prior about his sexuality, she rejected him, and she is hardly likely to accept him now with his fiancé in tow. There’s also a second level of chaos: Antonio and Paulo’s sort-of-nutty friend Benadetta (Diana Del Bufalo) has hopped aboard this potential train wreck. And a good-natured but off-the-wall cross-dresser, Donato (a very funny Dino Abbrescia), has managed to insert himself into these secret matters after meeting the others only days before. Untangling all of this and trying to salvage some semblance of goodwill towards the wedding becomes a huge task that realigns some relationships. Based on a off-Broadway musical, this sweet, screw