Mambo Italiano (film)

Mambo Italiano
Film poster for Mambo Italiano
Directed by	Émile Gaudreault
Produced by	Daniel Louis, Denise Robert
Written by	Steve Galluccio Émile Gaudreault
Starring	Luke Kirby Claudia Ferri Peter Miller Paul Sorvino Ginette Reno Mary Walsh
Music by	Steve Galluccio, FM Le Sieur
Cinematography	Serge Ladouceur
Editing by	Richard Comeau
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	88 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English

Mambo Italiano is a 2003 comedy-drama/indie film, set in Montreal, Québec, Canada, and directed by Émile Gaudreault. The screenplay was written by Gaudreault and Steve Galluccio, based on Galluccio's theatrical play by the same name. The play/film is based on Galluccio's own life and experiences.

Plot

Angelo Barberini (Luke Kirby) is the oddball son of Italian immigrants Gino (Paul Sorvino) and Maria (Ginette Reno), who inadvertently ended up in Canada rather than the United States of America. Angelo shocks his parents - and his sister, Anna (Claudia Ferri) - by moving out on his own without getting married, and, shortly after that, shocks them further still when he reveals that he's gay. But his boyfriend (and childhood best friend), policeman Nino Paventi (Peter Miller), isn't as ready to come out of the closet - especially not to his busybody Sicilian mother, Lina (Mary Walsh).

Follow-up

Galluccio went on to create the television sitcom Ciao Bella, which explored similar themes of culture clash that are examined in this film and the play it was based upon. Claudia Ferri, who played Angelo's sister Anna in Mambo Italiano, played the lead role in Ciao Bella.

Cast

• Luke Kirby as Angelo Barberini
• Claudia Ferri as Anna Barberini
• Peter Miller as Nino Paventi
• Paul Sorvino as Gino Barberini
• Ginette Reno as Maria Barberini
• Mary Walsh as Lina Paventi
• Sophie Lorain as Pina Lunetti
• Tim Post as Peter
• Tara Nicodemo as Yolanda/Woman in Airplane/Jolene
• Pierrette Robitaille as Rosetta
• Dino Tavarone as Giorgio
• Mark Camacho as Johnny Christofaro
• Michel Perron as Father Carmignani
• Lou Vani as Marco
• Diane Lavallée as Mélanie

External links

• Mambo Italiano at the Internet Movie Database
• Mambo Italiano at AllRovi