Veteran Italian director Pupi Avati's sweet, charming and entirely forgettable romantic comedy revolves around a shy bachelor's fumbling efforts to please his domineering father by getting married. At the behest the imperious Cesare (Giancarlo Giannini), 35-year-old Nello Balocchi (Neri Marcore) travels from Rome to Bologna to teach Latin at a respected high school. His real mission, however, is to find a wife that he can bring back home and continue the family line. This isn't as easy as it sounds. For one thing, Nello is something of an overgrown adolescent. Awkward, bumbling and perpetually nervous, he has a hard time meeting women and an even harder time keeping ...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
103 mins