The Family Friend

The Family Friend
The Family Friend
Directed by	Paolo Sorrentino
Written by	Paolo Sorrentino
Produced by	Francesca Cima; Fabio Conversi; Domenico Procacci; Nicola Giuliano
Starring	Giacomo Rizzo
Cinematography	Luca Bigazzi
Edited by	Giogiò Franchini
Music by	Teho Teardo
Production; companies	Fandango; Indigo Film
Release date	2006;
Running time	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]

Plot[edit]

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]

Cast[edit]

Giacomo Rizzo - Geremia De Geremei
Laura Chiatti - Rosalba De Luca
Gigi Angelillo - Saverio
Marco Giallini - Attanasio
Barbara Valmorin - Nonna al bingo
Luisa De Santis - Silvia
Clara Bindi - Madre di Geremia
Roberta Fiorentini - Moglie di Saverio
Elia Schilton - Teasuro
Lorenzo Gioielli - Montanaro
Emilio De Marchi - Chef
Giorgio Colangeli - Massa
Fabio Grossi - Cognato di Saverio
Lucia Ragni - Cassiera
Fabrizio Bentivoglio - Gino

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References[edit]

^ "Festival de Cannes: The Family Friend". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772105/ The Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772105/ The Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}

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[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: The Family Friend". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

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[3] ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772105/ The Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}

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v t e Paolo Sorrentino filmography
Feature films	One Man Up (2001) The Consequences of Love (2004) The Family Friend (2006) Il Divo (2008) This Must Be the Place (2011) The Great Beauty (2013) Youth (2015) Loro (2018) The Hand of God (2021) Parthenope (2024)
Television series	The Young Pope (2016) The New Pope (2020)