Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 23, 1989Release Date
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 23, 1989Release Date
Plot.
In this romantic story, a couple (Michel Serrault and Virna Lisi) who have been married for over forty years are forced to separate, one to each of their two children's families, when they can no longer pay the rent on their longtime apartment. Absence, in this case, refreshes their memory of the love they have shared, and they take to meeting one another furtively in hotel rooms for sex and affection. One summer, as each of their daughters families takes them on separate vacations, they have had enough, and elope, finding contentment as lighthouse keepers off the coast of Sicily.
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Cast & Crew.
Virna Lisi
Elvira
Michel Serrault
Gino
Mattia Sbragia
Giorgio
Consuelo Ferrara
Patrizia
Tiziana Pini
Giannina
Luigi Comencini
Director
Nar Sene
Abraham
Paolo Graziosi
Pietro
Cristina Comencini
Writer
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Writer
Raffaele Festa Campanile
Writer
Jacques Bar
Producer
Fabio Criscuolo
Producer
Fiorenzo Carpi
Original Music Composer
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Sergio Buzi
Editor
Gianfranco Plenizio
Conductor
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Giulio Manfredonia
Second Assistant Director
Paola Comencini
Production Design / Costume Design
Maurizio Sciarra
First Assistant Director
Iole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Gianfranco Cabiddu
Sound
Michel Nicolini
Production Manager
Luigi Patrizi
Producer
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Caterina Barenghi
Second Assistant Director
Silvia Giulietti
Assistant Camera
Antonio Murru
Set Decoration
Stefano Savino
Boom Operator
Daniele Cimini
Assistant Camera
Gerardo Verrone
Production Manager
Giulio Lombardo
Production Assistant
Raffaele Di Mario
Luciano Turi
Maurizio Solda
Ida Eccher
Francesca Neri
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 23, 1989
Original NameBuon Natale, buon anno
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
Wiki.
Buon Natale... buon anno (internationally released as Merry Christmas... Happy New Year) is a 1989 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is based on the 1986 novel with the same name by Pasquale Festa Campanile. For this film Virna Lisi was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best actress. The film was coproduced with France where it was released as Joyeux Noël, bonne année.