Mr. Happiness

2017 Italian film

Mr. Happiness

Italian	Mister Felicità

Directed by	Alessandro Siani
Screenplay by	Alessandro Siani Fabio Bonifacci
Starring	Alessandro Siani Diego Abatantuono Carla Signoris
Music by	Umberto Scipione
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release date	1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)
Running time	90 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	US$10.5 million^[1]

Mr. Happiness (Italian: Mister Felicità) is a 2017 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani and starring Siani, Diego Abatantuono and Carla Signoris.^[2]^[3] It was released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 1 January 2017.^[4]

Plot

Martino is a lazy young Neapolitan who lives in Switzerland at his sister's place. When she suffers an accident, he has to replace her in at work as a cleaning lady.

Martino cleans the office of a psychologist and mental coach and one day, when the doctor is absent, he decides to try to replace him, assuming the name "Mr. Happiness". So Martino meets a doctor's patient, Caterina (a high level ice skater facing a performance drop) and falls in love with her, even though she has relationship problems with her strict mother.

Cast

Alessandro Siani as Martino
Diego Abatantuono as Guglielmo Gioia
Carla Signoris as Augusta
Elena Cucci as Arianna Crof
Cristiana Dell'Anna as Caterina De Simone
Yari Gugliucci as Procolo
David Zed as the team coach
Ernesto Mahieux as the team president

Reception

The film was number two on its opening weekend in Italy, with US$1.98 million.^[5] It was number-one on its second weekend, with US$3.35 million.^[6]

References

^ "Mister Felicità". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Mr. Happiness". Film Italia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Mr. Happiness". Netflix. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Mister Felicità". comingsoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Italy Box Office December 30–January 1, 2017". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Italy Box Office January 6–8, 2017". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.