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My Big Gay Italian Wedding

When baby-faced Antonio (Cristiano Caccamo) pops the question to his boyfriend Paolo (Salvatore Esposito) in their Berlin apartment just before Easter, things take an awkward turn… it becomes apparent that Antonio hasn’t come out to his parents. While they aren’t sure about their families’ reactions, the pair decides to head house to Italy to break the news and plan their adj day.

Accompanied by a couple of well-meaning but somewhat eccentric friends, Antonio and Paolo arrive at the stunning village of Civita di Bagnoregio, where Antonio was raised. His mother (Monica Guerritore) is immediately supportive, but only if the wedding meets her expectations: her favourite celebrity wedding planner must oversee all the arrangements; Paolo’s estranged mother must be in attendance; and the marriage has to be officiated by the town mayor (Diego Abatantuono), who happens to be Antonio’s staid and somewhat less-than-enthusiastic father.

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Antonio and Paolo (Caccamo and Esposito) are engaged and elated, but wouldn’t you know it, there’s a catch. Antonio’s traditionalist parents, Roberto and Anna (Diego Abatantuono and Monica Guerritore), don’t know he’s gay, which is fine and dandy when he and Paola are hustling for acting gigs in urbane Berlin but a worry when they land in Antonio’s childhood Italian village to break the joyful betrothal news. Also along for the journey home are the would-be newlyweds’ two housemates (speaking of worries): Benedetta (Diana Del Bufalo) is a rich flake while Donato (Dino Abbrescia) is a middle-aged, neurotic bus driver who has recently decided he’s transgender. Madre di Dio.

Roberto and Anna aren’t plain sailing, either: Mama is warm and inclusive (although bossy and imperious when she gets going), but Papa—a community pillar as village mayor—is anything but. Now the olds are at grievous odds, and with the help of an oversharing padre (Antonio Catania), the entire village is alert that Antonio and Roberto are gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, et cetera, nor with a

My Big Gay Italian Wedding

Genre

Film comedy

Cast

Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore, Salvatore Esposito, Cristiano Caccamo, Dino Abbrescia, Diana Del Bufalo, Beatrice Arnera, Rosaria D'Urso, Antonio Catania, Enzo Miccio

Directed by

Alessandro Genovesi

Genre

Film comedy

Cast

Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore, Salvatore Esposito, Cristiano Caccamo, Dino Abbrescia, Diana De

Directed by

Alessandro Genovesi

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Where it was filmed 'My Big Gay Italian Wedding'

An issue of our times – civil unions – is examined against the backdrop of the alleyways and houses of the ancient town of Civita di Bagnoregio in the province of Viterbo, known as the “dying city” because of the erosion caused by two streams in the valley. Antonio and Paolo freely live together in Berlin but have to handle more than one doubt when they decide to officialise their union with Antonio’s friends and family. The wedding takes place 80km further south in the deconsecrated Church of St. Bonaventure, in the area of Canale Monterano (province of Rome) with a tabl

Alessandro Genovesi’s Italian box office victory Puoi baciare lo sposo () translated into English as My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Zwick’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding inevitably springs to mind as a similar title to outline from but Genovesi’s film is based on the long-running Broadway hit by Anthony Wilkinson) is a light-hearted, feel-good comedy which despite its initial somewhat cringeworthy sentimentality builds nicely and is bound to leave audiences entertained and exiting the cinema with a smile on their lips. Embracing homosexuality and same-sex marriage, as well as transvestism as alternative preferences to the norm, the more we delve into Genovesi’s visual narrative, screened at the Seattle International Film Festival earlier this year, the more we realise how current and valuable this film is – at a time defined by its inherent fluidity and where sexuality is expressed in multiple ways, with gay love becoming increasing fearlessly exhibited and gay marriage accepted also in countries that used to be hesitant and even rejective of homosexual gender and identity expressions, inclu