Watch the latest mambo italiano trailer on video detective. Mambo italiano tries to capitalize on the success of my big fat greek wedding, but its a politically correct homosexual story thats rated r, with plenty of strong foul language, sexual jokes, and lighthearted mockery of ethnic christian faith and traditions. Its a gay movie in the sense that its protagonist is gay, but the film seems more concerned with exploring life in an italian family than life as a gay man. Mambo italiano nude scenes 9 images and 3 videos including appearances from luke kirby peter miller. Its the kind of film, circa 2003, that our neighbors to. Paul sorvino salutes martin scorsese at the afi life achievement award duration. A boy went back to napoli because he missed the scenery the native dances and the charming songs but wait a minute somethings wrong.
Family doesnt a sweet comic film about an italian man who comes out of the closet and the affect it has on his life and his crazy family. Angelo barberini is the oddball son of italian immigrants gino and maria, who inadvertently ended up in canada rather than the united states. Watch mambo italiano 2003 full movie free streaming. Adapted from the successful play by the same name, the movie explores further the subtleties and complexities of this quintessential italian familya family straddling the cultures, traditions, and mores of the old and new worlds. Mambo italiano is a 2003 canadian comedydrama film directed by emile gaudreault. Mambo italiano is essentially a bombastic sitcom, so i can see many viewers finding it more annoying than pleasant, but im charmed by it. The screenplay was written by gaudreault and steve galluccio, based on. After reconnecting with an estranged childhood friend, angelo luke kirby discovers that he and nino peter miller have more in common than just their italian heritage and suffocating families. Hey mambo, mambo italiano hey hey mambo mambo italiano. There are some really hysterical lines in this movie, but in general i found the whole thing to. Set in the little italy neighborhood of montreal, mambo italiano is a fresh and enjoyable take on gay relationships.
The movie takes place in a colorfully romanticized version of the petite italie neighborhood in montreal, where the neighbors line up beside their. Every characters choices were made by them and their situation not by an over controlling writter or plotline. Mambo is a film written and directed from 1952 to 1953 by robert rossen and released in 1955. The content is from the sites archived pages as well as from other sources. Mambo italiano is a popular song written by bob merrill in 1954 for the american singer rosemary clooney. I like that the tv adverts are give none of the film away, in fact understating how good it really is. Mambo italiano 2003 video detective movie trailers. Mambo italiano 2003 angelo barberini luke kirby lives at home and harbors a secret from his italian parents, gino paul sorvino and maria ginette reno. Watch mambo italiano 2003 full movie free streaming online. Also featuring claudia ferri as angelos neurotic sister.
Mambo italiano is hysterically funny and deeply moving. It would be easy to dismiss mambo italiano as simply a greek weddinggay issueitalian family amalgam and in many ways thats obviously a fair assessment. A boy went back to napoli, because he missed the scenery the native dances and the charming songs, but wait a minute somethings wrong. The marketers of mambo italiano would like nothing more than to position it as a broad, sloppy, ethnic comedyromance in the recently minted. Mambos is located in the vibrant downtown of steamboat springs, a true western ranching town that just happens to have a worldclass ski hill in its midst. Both the play and the film are based on galluccios own life and experiences. Mambo italiano is likely to provoke the same urges in the movie house that poor nino experiences after a dinner at the noisy barberini. Rent mambo italiano 2003 starring luke kirby and ginette reno on dvd and bluray. But if youre going to offer the masses something that feels a whole lot like a bunch of other flicks out there, you should try to do it with some care, some craftsmanship and some sincerity. Mambo italiano 2003 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The emphasis on ethnic humor threatens to turn mambo italiano into my big gay italian wedding, but the clever writing, sprightly performances, and inventive direction keep the movie consistently unpredictable and funny. There are some really hysterical lines in this movie, but in general i found the whole thing to have been done. The song became a hit for clooney, reaching the top ten in record charts in the us and france and no.
Not traditional is that angelo decides to move out of the house. A mambo craze spread through the usa in the 1950s, and rossen aimed to repair his finances after almost two years without work since his 1951 house unamerican activities committee hearing. With silvana mangano, michael rennie, vittorio gassman, shelley winters. Mambo italiano 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A great cast, working with a light touch on material that has too often led to dreary angstridden gay indie films. She is struggling with an difficult life as a shop assistant when one day a young count enrico sees her in the glass shop where she works. Youll be surprised its the sort of film youd love to see twice. Everything you need to know about mambo italiano movie 2003. The s of italian immigrants to canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that hes gay. Mambo italiano ist eine kanadische filmkomodie aus dem jahr 2003. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The people behind this movie should have listened to that advice. We also have worldclass dining, and mambosa local favorite and institutionis a mustvisit for guests with its array of handcrafted dishes that utilize locally sourced.
There are some really hysterical lines in this movie, but in. Mambo italiano 2003 stream and watch online moviefone. Sep 21, 2015 rapaz com aspiracoes a escritor resolve sair da casa dos pais e ir morar com sua paixao secreta, um policial. Theyre all italian living in montreal, but they could be from any large city in the western world with an italian community. A family movie about the stereotypes of homosexuals and italians called by critics the gay my big fat greek wedding. That is, until they learn that the young men are more than roommate theyre lovers in mambo italiano. Sophia loren mambo italiano a tribute to beautiful and talented movie star sophia loren set to the soundtrack of mambo italiano by bette midler. Every characters choices were made by them and their situation not by an overcontrolling writter or plotline. Mambo italiano is the best time ive had in a movie theatre in the last couple of years and it thoroughly deserves commercial success. Rent mambo italiano 2003 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Mambo italiano on dvd february 17, 2004 starring luke kirby, ginette reno, paul sorvino, claudia ferri. Sep 06, 2009 i remember seeing the opening titles for a movie once that used the song hey mambo, but i could never find it again. Jan 10, 2009 angelo barberini comes from a traditional ethnic italian family living in montreal. Released september 19th, 2003, mambo italiano stars luke kirby, ginette reno, paul sorvino, mary walsh the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of 41 out of 100 on.
Parents should know that the movie has strong language, drinking and prescription drug abuse, a brief shot of a dead body in a casket, and explicit sexual references and nongraphic situations. Mambo italiano is the story of an italian immigrant coming out to his old school italian family. Rivers of babylon, sugar sugar, more than i can say, forever and ever, mississippi, guantanamera duration. The screenplay was written by gaudreault and steve galluccio, based on galluccios theatrical play by the same name. The italian film actress won a beauty pageant in 1949 when she was 14 years old and that launched her career into acting. Not traditional is that angelo decides to move out of the house before hes married, even though hes twenty. Every time mambo italiano seems headed for a plunge into the ethnic cartoon swamp, a refreshingly, unexpected element throws up a roadblock and keeps the movie on solid emotional ground. Mambo italiano film mambo italiano is a 2003 canadian comedydrama film directed by emile gaudreault. Angelo barberini comes from a traditional ethnic italian family living in montreal. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. This was the official website ofr the 2003 canadian movie, mambo italiano. I remember seeing the opening titles for a movie once that used the song hey mambo, but i could never find it again. The son of italian immigrants to canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that hes gay. May 17, 2014 rivers of babylon, sugar sugar, more than i can say, forever and ever, mississippi, guantanamera duration.
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