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Mood:
- HumorousOffbeatTouching
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Plot:
- Family BusinessWorking ClassFamily RelationsImmigrantsFall in LoveSiblings RelationsLove and RomanceMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignComedy
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Time/Period:
- 60s70s80s
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Place:
- EuropeGermanyItalyRestaurant
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Solino, 2002
German, Italian
Germany
Profile of Solino
The mood of Solino is humorous, offbeat, and touching. The plot centers around a family business, the working class, and family relations. It is a drama, foreign, and comedy movie. In approach, Solino is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a restaurant. The setting is Italy and Germany. Solino happens in the 1960s and in the 1980s. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of Solino
Out of work in 1964, Romano Amato (Gigi Savoia) packs up his young family and heads to Duisburg, Germany, in hopes for a better future for them. Shortly after arriving, Romano takes a job mining coal but quickly loses interest in that endeavor. His wife, Rosa, (Antonella Attili) takes matters into her own hands and opens an Italian restaurant, Solino, named after the small town in Italy from which they moved. As Romano and Rosa focus nearly all of their attention on the somewhat successful Solino, their young sons, Gigi and Giancarlo, are forced to fend for themselves as they acclimate to their new country, developing their own interests and hobbies in the meanwhile. Ten years later, with the boys now young men, Romano spells out his intentions of having Gigi and Giancarlo join him in the family business, but neither have much interest in the industry. As the family sorts out its disagreements, each family member tries to come to terms with their Italian heritage, as well as with their roles in German society. Solino was screened in the German Cinema program for the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival.
Details
| Language: | German, Italian |
| Country: | Germany |
| Release date: | 13 November 2003 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jos Vater
as Gigi
as Ada
as Rosa
