

89 minutes
9/15/1989
At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next morning, the four of them go by train to the farmhouse, joined by Angelo's married, unpregnant sister. The day-long dinner is riotous, couples display affection and impatience, children chase angels. Angelo's family stays the night, and his sister Linda has a visitor. A silver elephant makes the perfect gift.

Felice Andreasi
as Domenico

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere
as Silvia

Alessandro Haber
as Giulio, padre di Silvia

Angiola Baggi
as Maria

Davide Bechini
as Angelo

Lina Bernardi
as Olimpia

Claudio Botosso
as Taddeo

Enrica Maria Modugno
as Linda, zia di Angelo

Claudia Pozzi
as Gina

Anna Bonaiuto
as Amelia, madre di Angelo

Massimo Bonetti
as Baldo

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Valeria

Stefania Orsola Garello
as Antonia, sorella di Angelo

Marcello Cesena
as Lele

Santo Bellina

Monica Cervini
as Paola

Roberta Paladini
as Loretta

Claudia Casaglia
as Donatella

Mattia Sbragia
as Agusto

Consuelo Ferrara
as Dolores

Massimo Sarchielli
as Don Luciano

Susanna Marcomeni
as Renata

Claudio Mazzenga
as Marco

Roberto Nobile
Ferdinando Orlandi
as Nando
Abramo Orlandini

Ciro Scalera
as Alberto
Virginia Vicario
as Elsa