| The Family Friend | |
| Director: | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Producer: | Francesca Cima Fabio Conversi Domenico Procacci Nicola Giuliano |
| Starring: | Giacomo Rizzo |
| Music: | Teho Teardo |
| Cinematography: | Luca Bigazzi |
| Editing: | Giogiò Franchini |
| Studio: | Fandango Indigo Film |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes 110 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
The Family Friend (Italian: '''L'amico di famiglia''') is a 2006 Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter.[2]