"This Holiday Season, Be Italian."

2009

1h 58m

5.5(611 votes)

Drama

Music

Romance

Overview

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

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109 members

Acting

Daniel Day-Lewis

Guido Contini

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Marion Cotillard

Luisa Contini

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Penélope Cruz

Carla

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Nicole Kidman

Claudia

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Judi Dench

Lilli

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Sophia Loren

Mamma

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Kate Hudson

Stephanie

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Fergie

Saraghina

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Ricky Tognazzi

Dante

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Enzo Cilenti

Leopardi

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Giuseppe Cederna

Fausto

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Elio Germano

Pierpaolo

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Andrea Di Stefano

Benito

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Roberto Nobile

Jaconelli

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Amy Bailey

Female Dancer

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Claudia Mancinelli

Female Dancer

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Remo Remotti

Cardinal

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Michele Alhaique

Don Mario

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Martina Stella

Donatella

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Valerio Mastandrea

De Rossi

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Sandro Dori

Studio Superintendent

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Romina Carancini

Production Assistant/Female Dancer

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Alessandro Denipotti

Production Assistant

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Alessandro Fiore

Production Assistant

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Erica Gohdes

Production Assistant

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Gianluca Frezzato

Production Assistant/Male Dancer

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Paola Zaccari

Production Assistant/Female Dancer

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Roberta Mastromichele

Roberta/Female Dancer

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Francesco De Vito

Radio Reporter

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Francesca Fanti

Dinardo

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Enzo Squillino Jr.

Reporter 1

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Michael Peluso

Reporter 2

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Jonathan Del Vecchio

Reporter 3

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Jake Canuso

Reporter 4

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Eliot Giuralarocca

Reporter 5

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Production

Tommaso Colognese

Reporter

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Jennifer Iacono

Reporter/Female Dancer

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Vicky Lambert

Reporter/Female Dancer

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Lavinia Savignoni

Reporter/Female Dancer

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Damiano Bisozzi

Bellman/Male Dancer

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Marcello Magni

Doctor

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Anna Maria Everett

Nurse

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Mark Bousie

'Folies' Pianist

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Giuseppe Spitaleri

Young Guido

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Pietro Lais

Boy on the Beach

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Samuele Minotti

Boy on the Beach

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Francesco Manuel Pappalardo

Boy on the Beach

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Pietro Revelli

Boy on the Beach

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Gianluigi Tosti Di Valminuta

Boy on the Beach

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Massimiliano Belsito

Priest on the Beach/Male Dancer

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Roberto Sbraccia

Priest on the Beach

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Mario Vernazza

Principal

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Marco Liotti

Male Band Singer

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Monica Scattini

Pensione Matron

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Roberto Citran

Doctor Rondi

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Georgina Leonidas

Matron's Daughter

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Vincent Riotta

Luigi

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Shannon Belcastro

Film Crew/Male Dancer

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Crew

Joey Pizzi

Film Crew/Male Dancer

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Jean Martin

Film Crew

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Costume & Make-Up

Kerry Warn

Film Crew

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Eleonora Scopelliti

Screen Test Actress 1/Female Dancer

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Ilaria Cavola

Screen Test Actress 2/Female Dancer

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Alessia Piovan

Alessia

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Giovanni Luca Izzo

Man with Luisa

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Simone Cappotto

Simone

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Giacomo Valdameri

Actor

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Anna Safroncik

Actress

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Irina Aggrey

Female Dancer

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Lauren Brooke

Female Dancer

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Maria Teresa Corsi

Female Dancer

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Denise Faye

Female Dancer

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Tamara Fernando

Female Dancer

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Manuela Guastalli

Female Dancer

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Gemma Lawrence

Female Dancer

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Jennifer Leung

Female Dancer

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Tara Nicole Hughes

Female Dancer

Costume & Make-Up

Holly Mayes

Female Dancer

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Claire Rogers

Female Dancer

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Katrina Vasilieva

Female Dancer

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Glenn Ball

Male Dancer

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Ramon Christian

Male Dancer

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Nicholas Cunningham

Male Dancer

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Leon Else

Male Dancer

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Antonio Fiore

Male Dancer

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Ste Hopps

Male Dancer

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James P. Rees

Male Dancer

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Tristan Temple

Male Dancer

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Emiliano Caroselli

Terrace Restaurant Band

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Costantino Ladisa

Terrace Restaurant Band

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Alberto Lombardi

Terrace Restaurant Band

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Menotti Minervini

Terrace Restaurant Band

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Alessio Scialo

Terrace Restaurant Band

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Layla Amir

Italian Lady (uncredited)

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Alex Argenti

Head of Art Department (uncredited)

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Iris Cayatte

(uncredited)

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Ch'Lu

Italian Tutor (uncredited)

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James Currie

Journalist (uncredited)

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Filippo Delaunay

Photographer (uncredited)

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Domenico Dolce

Extra (uncredited)

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Stefano Gabbana

Extra (uncredited)

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Aykut Hilmi

Reporter (uncredited)

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Kostas Katsikis

Journalist/Photographer (uncredited)

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Gino Picciano

Preist (uncredited)

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John Simmit

Alberto Preston (uncredited)

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Jesse James Sims

Italian Businessman in Bar (uncredited)

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Alexi Stavrou

Alesio/Auditioner (uncredited)

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Lorraine Stewart

The Widow (uncredited)

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Nico Toffoli

Casino's Dancer (uncredited)

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