Vacanze di Natale

Vacanze di Natale is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Plot In Christmas of 1983 two families collide in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Both are from Rome. One of them (the Covelli family) is seemingly rich, elegant, and with refined taste, although there are some hints that they are parvenu. They consist of consists of mother, father (played by Riccardo Garrone), two sons (of which Christian De Sica) and a daughter. The second (the Marchetti family) is made up of people seemingly vulgar and rough, where the father (played by Mario Brega) is a butcher, and the son is played by Claudio Amendola. The Amendola character and the second son of the rich family are both fans of football club A.S. Roma, and know one another well as they attend together the games every Sunday, and they are happy to see one another, so the families have to spend some time together, despite being seemingly of different social extractions. The stories and adventures of the members of the two families intersect and give rise to hilarious misunderstandings, while a penniless pianist (Jerry Calà) falls in love again with his ex-girlfriend (Stefania Sandrelli). Roberto Covelli (De Sica) has an American girlfriend, who doesn't get his attention and persistently courted by Mario Marchetti (Amendola). The contact between the two families will be done through the acquaintance of Mario with a member of Covelli which, when seen in front of the rude common people of Rome are upset. After many adventures finished good and evil Samantha's girlfriend, Roberto, will notice the sad courting the mild Mario and give him what he wishes for one night before leaving for ever for America. Meanwhile, the Covelli Family, with astonishment and regret, discovers that his young son, Roberto, is gay. One year after the holiday, both families reunite again in Sardinia during the summer and will create a new whirlwind of hilarious situations. Production The movie was shot for only three weeks, in the Fall of 1983. The shooting occurred almost completely in the ski resorts of Faloria and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Critics and even the producers have framed the movie as a direct representation of the status symbols of the time, without any insertions of social criticism, despite the fact that there are some contradictions between social ambitions of the characters in the movie.