The Best Man Movie Review 1997

It's 1899 in a small northern Italian town and beautiful Francesca (Sastre) must marry the lascivious older Edgardo Osti (Cantarelli) in order to solve her father's business problems. Francesca is revolted but does become smitten by the best man--Angelo (Abatantuono), who's returned from America, apparently with a fortune. Marriage or no, Francesca becomes obsessed with getting Angelo. Italian with subtitles.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Romantic Triangles, Marriage, Obsessive Love, Wedding Hell, Period Piece: 19th Century, A Day in the Life. . ., New Year's Eve

Screenplay

Pupi Avati

Cast

Ines Sastre, Diego Abatantuono, Dario Cantarelli, Valeria (Valerie Dobson) D'Obici, Mario Erpichini

Cinematography

Pasquale Rachini

Director

Pupi Avati

Music

Riz Ortolani

Producer

Antonio Avati, Aurelio De Laurentiis, October Films