If Life Gives You Lemons Explained
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| Screenplay: | Cosimo Calamini
Ciro D'Emilio |
| Music: | Bruno Falanga |
| Cinematography: | Salvatore Landi |
| Editing: | Gianluca Scarpa |
| Distributor: | No.Mad Entertainment |
| Language: | Italian |
If Life Gives You Lemons (Italian: Un giorno all'improvviso) is a 2018 Italian drama film written and directed by Ciro D'Emilio, in his directorial debut.
Cast
- Anna Foglietta as Miriam
- Giampiero De Concilio as Antonio Improta
- Massimo De Matteo as Astarita
- Lorenzo Sarcinelli as Stefano Caccialepre
- Biagio Forestieri as Mister Colasanti
- Giuseppe Cirillo as Peppe Lambiase
- Fabio De Caro as Carlo
- Franco Pinelli as Mimmo Rea
- Alessia Quaratino as Claudia
Production
The film was produced by Lungta Film in collaboration with Rai Cinema. It was shot between Naples, Salerno and Scafati.
Release
The film premiered at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Orizzonti sidebar.[1] [2] [3] It was released on Italian cinemas on 29 November 2018.[4]
Reception
For her performance Anna Foglietta won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress and was nominated for the David di Donatello in the same category.[5] [6] The film was awarded the Prix CICAE at the Annecy Italian Film Festival.
Notes and References
- News: Poglajen . Tina . Review: If Life Gives You Lemons . 14 October 2024 . . 10 September 2018 . en.
- News: Whitty . Stephen . 'If Life Gives You Lemons': Venice Review . 14 October 2024 . Screen International. 5 September 2018 . en.
- News: Vivarelli . Nick . Venice: True Colours Takes Sales on Venice and Toronto Titles . 14 October 2024 . . 30 August 2018.
- News: Brandi . Ciro . Esce "Un giorno all'improvviso", il pluripremiato film con Anna Foglietta e Giampiero De Concilio . 14 October 2024 . . 25 November 2018 . it.
- News: Scarpa . Vittoria . The Traitor reigns triumphant at Italy's Nastri d'Argento Awards . 14 October 2024 . . 1 July 2019 . en.
- Web site: David di Donatello 2019: le candidature. 19 February 2019. 8 February 2024. Vanity Fair Italia. 5 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805141159/https://www.vanityfair.it/show/cinema/2019/02/19/david-di-donatello-2019-nomination-candidature-cerimonia-film-attori. live.
