A masterpiece of Italian (black) comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mario Monicelli directs an irresistible time bomb that goes off in the middle of Christmas lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mario Monicelli spent his entire career attacking the pillars of society, to demonstrate how fragile and at times dangerously absurd they are. The clarity of his work made him a giant both of Italian and international cinema. At almost eight years of age, in Parenti serpenti<\/em> he tackles another of our most sacred institutions head on: the family. And with all its hypocrisies, subterfuges and lies, the picture that emerges is far from reassuring. But this in no way makes the film any less plausible. With a fantastic cast, first-rate performances, a wonderful screenplay and well-paced storytelling, the film is a time bomb that now deserves to be considered one of the classics of Italian black comedy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An elderly couple gathers their four children and respective families together for the Christmas holidays. Everything goes smoothly until the two parents make an announcement: they no longer want to be left alone, and they won’t for a minute consider being put into a nursing home. Their children must decide who they will move in with. All hell breaks loose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13078,"template":"","project-category":[33],"project-genre":[48],"class_list":["post-13083","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-cinema-en","project-genre-comedy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n