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The Salt of Life
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The Salt of Life

2011-02-11 · 90 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy

Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the right reasons? Doesn't his wife profit by the situation (she still works so it is only logical that Gianni do all the chores)? Isn't he subject to the excruciating whims of his rich mother?... Sure, everybody LIKES Gianni, but who LOVES him? Agreed, being kind to them, he is the ladies pet, but he does not attract them anymore. That is why, when his macho lawyer friend Alfonso blames him for not having young mistresses "like every other senior Italian male", Gianni, who is beginning to ask himself questions about what it is like to become old, starts chasing dames.

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Directors
Gianni Di Gregorio
Production companies
BiBi Film, RAI Cinema, Isaria Productions, MiC
Countries
Italy
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 2,850,852

Top Cast

Gianni Di GregorioGianni Di GregorioGianni
Valeria De FranciscisLa Madre
Alfonso SantagataAlfonso SantagataAlfonso
Elisabetta PiccolominiElisabetta PiccolominiLa Moglie
Valéria CavalliValéria CavalliValeria
Aylin PrandiAylin PrandiAylin
Kristina CepragaKristina CepragaKristina
Michelangelo CiminaleMichelangelo CiminaleMichelangelo
Lilia SilviLilia SilviLilia

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