Mr. Happiness
Mr. Happiness | |
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Italian | Mister Felicità |
Directed by | Alessandro Siani |
Screenplay by | Alessandro Siani Fabio Bonifacci |
Starring | Alessandro Siani Diego Abatantuono Carla Signoris |
Music by | Umberto Scipione |
Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Box office | US$10.5 million[1] |
Mr. Happiness (Italian: Mister Felicità) is a 2017 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani and starring Siani, Diego Abatantuono and Carla Signoris.[2][3] It was released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 1 January 2017.[4]
Plot
[edit]Martino is a lazy young Neapolitan who lives in Switzerland at his sister's place. When she suffers an accident, he has to replace her in at work as a cleaning lady.
Martino cleans the office of a psychologist and mental coach and one day, when the doctor is absent, he decides to try to replace him, assuming the name "Mr. Happiness". So Martino meets a doctor's patient, Caterina (a high level ice skater facing a performance drop) and falls in love with her, even though she has relationship problems with her strict mother.
Cast
[edit]- Alessandro Siani as Martino
- Diego Abatantuono as Guglielmo Gioia
- Carla Signoris as Augusta
- Elena Cucci as Arianna Crof
- Cristiana Dell'Anna as Caterina De Simone
- Yari Gugliucci as Procolo
- David Zed as the team coach
- Ernesto Mahieux as the team president
Reception
[edit]The film was number two on its opening weekend in Italy, with US$1.98 million.[5] It was number-one on its second weekend, with US$3.35 million.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mister Felicità". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Mr. Happiness". Film Italia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Mr. Happiness". Netflix. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Mister Felicità". comingsoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Italy Box Office December 30–January 1, 2017". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Italy Box Office January 6–8, 2017". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.