Children of Hannibal (1998) [PG-13]
Featuring:
Diego Abatantuono, Silvio Orlando, Valentina Cervi
Written by:
Davide Ferrario
Diego Abatantuono
Sergio Rubini
Directed by:
Davide Ferrario
Release Date:
March 13, 1998
Original Title:
Figli di Annibale
Alternate Titles:
Children of Hannibal
Hannibál gyermekei
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Colorado Film
Medusa Film
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T US: PG-13
Runtime: 92
Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to run away with his gay cop lover anyway, so this seems to him like a good opportunity to disappear and start over again: the kidnapped becomes the kidnapper, and things get even more complicated when the two are joined by Rita, Tommaso's beautiful daughter.
A bungling bank robber, an uncooperative hostage with a secret, a gay policeman and a situation which rapidly goes from bad to worse are the ingredients to this very funny and unpredictable caper flick. Sad sack Domenico is an unemployed man who decides to rob a Turin bank and then to travel north to Switzerland with his loot. But things don't work out that way: For the heist is messy and he ends up with the tall, patrician Tommaso as his hostage. Tommaso, a businessman who is on the verge of bankruptcy, quickly takes over and convinces convincing Domenico to, instead, head south, get help from a friend of Tommaso and sail off to Egypt. But the plan soon unravels, as Domenico discovers that the friend, Orfeo, is actually Tommaso's lover and a policeman to boot. The odd couple is now the odd triangle and when Tommaso's grown-up daughter decides to come along as well, the likelihood of poor Domenico getting out of the country becomes more and more complicated.
