A Boss in the Living Room

2014 Italian film

January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01)^[1]

Running time

90 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

A Boss in the Living Room (Italian: Un boss in salotto, also known as A Boss in the Kitchen) is a 2014 Italian comedy film directed and co-written by Luca Miniero.^[2]

It was a box-office hit, grossing over 12 million euros^[3] and being the best-grossing Italian film of 2014.^[4]

Plot

Cristina is a woman from Naples who lives for years in Bolzano, with her husband Michele. Their love life is very quiet, but a day arrives Ciro, Cristina's brother: a boxwood mobster on the run from the law. The brother makes life very difficult for the Italian family as he dominates the house. Eventually the family likes the brother as he solves their problems with his criminal mind.

Cast

Paola Cortellesi as Cristina D'Avola / Carmela Cimmaruta
Rocco Papaleo as Ciro Cimmaruta
Luca Argentero as Michele Coso
Angela Finocchiaro as Doriana Manetti
Alessandro Besentini as Carlo Manetti
Francesco Villa as the school principal
Lavinia De' Cocci as Fortuna Coso
Saul Nanni as Vittorio Coso
Giselda Volodi as the neighbour
Massimo De Lorenzo as the inspector
Francesco De Fraia as a witness
Raffaele Ferrante as a witness
Domenico Manfredi as a witness
Nunzia Schiano as Sister Giuseppa
Salvatore Misticone as the English teacher
Marco Marzocca as officer Santagata
Carmen Giardina as the preliminary judge
Marjo Berasategui as the adoptive mother
Susanna Giaroli as Camille
Benedetta Cimatti as Florence
Cecilia D'Amico as Titina
May Okoya as the nanny
Nancy Gabriele as Janine
Riccardo Cicogna as Mr. Peter
Haruhiko Yamanouchi as the yoga teacher
Maria Pia De Vito as the singer
Luca Miniero as the judge

References

^ "Un boss in salotto film: Blauer e C.P. Company vestono Luca Argentero e Paola Cortellesi". 30 December 2013.
^ Arianna Finos (27 December 2013). "'Un boss in salotto': la Cortellesi tra nord e sud nella cine-pastiera del nuovo anno". La Repubblica. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ Nino Dolfo (13 July 2014). "Peccato che resti un prodotto stagionale". Corriere della Sera. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ Michelangelo Iuliano (4 December 2014). "Al Boss il Biglietto d'Oro del cinema italiano". Cinematografo. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.