The Best Day of My Life

Infobox Film
name = The Best Day of My Life


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director = Cristina Comencini
producer = Marco Chimenz
Giovanni Stabilini
Riccardo Tozzi
writer = Giulia Calenda
Cristina Comencini
Lucilla Schiaffino
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starring = Virna Lisi
Margherita Buy
Sandra Ceccarelli
Luigi Lo Cascio
music = Franco Piersanti
cinematography = Fabio Cianchetti
editing = Cecilia Zanuso
distributor = 01 Distribuzione
released = April 12 2002
runtime = 102 mins
country = Italy
language = Italian
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imdb_id = 0296144

"The Best Day of My Life" (Italian: "Il più bel giorno della mia vita") is a 2002 award-winning Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini.

Plot

"The Best Day of My Life" is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.

Cast

* Virna Lisi as Irene
* Margherita Buy as Sara
* Sandra Ceccarelli as Rita
* Luigi Lo Cascio as Claudio
* Marco Baliani as Carlo
* Marco Quaglia as Luca
* Jean-Hugues Anglade as Davide
* Ricky Tognazzi as Sandro Berardi
* Gaia Conforzi as Cecilia
* Francesco Scianna as Marco
* Francesca Perini as Silvia
* Maria Luisa De Crescenzo as Chiara
* Andrea Sama as Cammello
* Giulio Squillacciotti as Che

Awards

* 2002: "Grand Prix des Amériques" at the Montréal World Film Festival
* 2002: "Silver Ribbon" for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
* 2003: "Grand Prix" at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival

External links

*imdb title|0296144