The Best Day of My Life
2002 Italian film
- 12 April 2002 (2002-04-12)
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The Best Day of My Life (Italian: Il più bel giorno della mia vita) is a 2002 award-winning Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini.
Plot
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.
Cast
- Virna Lisi as Irene
- Margherita Buy as Sara
- Sandra Ceccarelli as Rita
- Luigi Lo Cascio as Claudio
- Marco Baliani as Carlo
- Marco Quaglia as Luca
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Davide
- Ricky Tognazzi as Sandro Berardi
- Gaia Conforzi as Cecilia
- Francesco Scianna as Marco
- Francesca Perini as Silvia
- Maria Luisa De Crescenzo as Chiara
- Andrea Sama as Cammello
- Giulio Squillacciotti as Che
Awards
- 2002: Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival
- 2002: Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- 2003: Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival
External links
- The Best Day of My Life at IMDb
- The Best Day of My Life at AllMovie
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