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The Wedding Director (2006)

The Wedding Director (2006)
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After ending up in a scenic Sicilian town while trying to avoid his daughter's impending wedding to a devout Catholic, a famous film director becomes inexorably involved in the nuptials of another beautiful bride-to-be in director Marco Bellocchio's semi-surreal drama. Though he tries to keep a low profile upon arriving in Sicily, director Franco Elica (Sergio Castellitto) soon catches the attention of the bankrupt prince of Gravina (Sami Frey) -- who cordially invites the filmmaker to attend his daughter Bona's (Donatella Finocchiaro) upcoming wedding. As it turns out, Bona was to appear in the director's latest film, a cinematic adaptation of the Italian literary classic The Betrothed. In the time leading up to the wedding, the smitten filmmaker develops a deep longing for the lovely Bona and starts doing everything in his power to sabotage her marriage to a wealthy lawyer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Sergio CastellittoDonatella Finocchiaro, (more)
Director(s):
Marco Bellocchio
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of The Wedding Director

After ending up in a scenic Sicilian town while trying to avoid his daughter's impending wedding to a devout Catholic, a famous film director becomes inexorably involved in the nuptials of another beautiful bride-to-be in director Marco Bellocchio's semi-surreal drama. Though he tries to keep a low profile upon arriving in Sicily, director Franco Elica (Sergio Castellitto) soon catches the attention of the bankrupt prince of Gravina (Sami Frey) -- who cordially invites the filmmaker to attend his daughter Bona's (Donatella Finocchiaro) upcoming wedding. As it turns out, Bona was to appear in the director's latest film, a cinematic adaptation of the Italian literary classic The Betrothed. In the time leading up to the wedding, the smitten filmmaker develops a deep longing for the lovely Bona and starts doing everything in his power to sabotage her marriage to a wealthy lawyer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
100 mins

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Director(s):
Marco Bellocchio
Writer(s):
Marco Bellocchio
Producer(s):
Marco BellocchioMassimo VigliarLuciano Martino
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    Eric F.

    Castellitto is a likable screen presence trapped in a hopeless muddle of a movie. Director Bellocchio has Fellini on the brain, but his film doesn't add up to 1 1/4, let alone "8 1/2."

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    JEANETTE W.

    This movie was not a very good one. I have viewed many Italian movies and this one is not on my list of recommendation. Not very well done and mostly confusing and non-interesting.

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    Keith G.

    Fascinating, sometimes confusing Kafka-esque comedy/drama. An esteemed filmmaker goes on the lamb after his assistant jokingly makes inappropriate remarks to a woman he thinks is an actress waiting for an audition, implicating the director in a scandal. While hiding out in a small town he has his arm twisted by a local prince into making a film of his daughter"s wedding. This film has a lot on its mind about the current state of film-making, not much of it pleasant. Beneath the labyrinthine story levels lies an angry satire of an industry that reduces artistic directors to no more than metaphoric wedding film makers, and rewards death over excellence when considering a body of work. These are only two of the many themes that also expand to fathers and daughters, masculine identity, power games. Even when baffling with its surrealist touches it is never less than engaging. The kind of film that begs you to come back for a 2nd viewing.

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