The Cinepattone is served!
What a clever word: “cine” stands for cinema and “panettone” is, togheter with Pandoro, the culinary symbol of Italian Christmas.
What does it mean? It is used for Italian zany comedy coming out during Christmas time and it was originally referred to the movies of the actors Massimo Boldi and Cristian de Sica. The word “Cinepanettone” has lost the original disparaging meaning and it is even used by the same actors and film directors! From 2001, every story is set in a different place but takes always place during Christmas and New Year: the Cinepanettone 2011 is “Christmas holidays in Cortina” and is set the popular winter sport resort of Cortina, in Italy.
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, starring Will Smith, is a touching movie directed by Gabriele Muccino. Gabriele Muccino is a young Italian director who was given the chance to direct, in 2006, the true story of the stockbroker Christopher Gardner. Thanks to his movie 
is an Italian movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It is a charming comedy which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991. Mediterraneo is set in Greece during the Worl War II and it brings out some stereotypical Italian soldiers. It was defined “a live-action fairy tale” by New York Times movies review because of its daring conceit: love, in one form and another, makes the world go around!
known as Il Mattatore, was an extraordinary personalities of Italy, both theatre and film actor and director. He worked both in Italy and abroad, in Hollywood he successfully performed in a number of roles. Sleepers directed by Barry Levinson is one of the most famous! Vittorio tells about Gassman, produced by Giancarlo Scarchilli, may be considered his last movie. It is based on footage of the actor speaking about his fascinating career. Actually, it is a confession-film and you can discover who Vittorio was trough his own words…
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