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Living It Up (1994) [N/A]

Featuring:
Claudio Bigagli, Sabrina Ferilli, Massimo Ghini

Written by:
Francesco Bruni
Paolo Virzì

Directed by:
Paolo Virzì


Release Date:
September 22, 1994

Original Title:
La bella vita

Alternate Titles:
Dimenticare Piombino
Il fumo di Piombino

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Life International
Time International Film

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T 

Runtime: 97

Overview from TheMovieDB

A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.

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Overview from Open Movies

Bruno and Mirella get married in 1989 and live in the little town of Piombino seems to be a bed of roses. After a while Bruno gets the sack, while Brunella takes up with a local tv idol, Gerry Fumo. When she realizes that Bruno can't stand being on the dole, she repents and wants to leave Gerry. It is too late: Bruno has found out everything and asks her to leave. After a while they take up another time, but they soon realize that their love story has ended. Mirella goes back to her parents' house and begins to work in a kindergarten, while Bruno finds a job at the local beach. The two begin to exchange a tender correspondence.

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Rankings and Honors

Living It Up (1994) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10
Awards Won: 8 wins & 3 nominations

Performers

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Production

Accountant:
Maurizio Saraceni

Administration:
Leonardo Curreri

Assistant Costume Designer:
Antonella Supino
Monia Carraretto

Assistant Editor:
Maria Gianandrea

Boom Operator:
Antonio Barba

Camera Operator:
Bruno Di Virgilio

Colorist:
Giancarlo Barbieri

Costume Design:
Maria Giovanna Caselli

Director:
Paolo Virzì

Director of Photography:
Paolo Carnera

Editor:
Sergio Montanari

Electrician:
Ettore Abate
Massimiliano Sticchi
Stefano Alessi

Executive Producer:
Paolo Vandini

First Assistant Camera:
Federico Martucci

First Assistant Director:
Gianluca Greco

First Assistant Editor:
Walter Diotallevi

Grip:
Claudio Fabbriani
Roberto Brunetti
Sandro Fabbriani

Hairdresser:
Mauro D'Ambrogio

Makeup Artist:
Giulio Natalucci

Original Music Composer:
Claudio Cimpanelli

Producer:
Roberto Cimpanelli

Production Consultant:
Enrico De Bonis
Francesca Solinas

Production Design:
Attilio Caselli

Production Manager:
Cesare Jacolucci
Francesco Fantacci

Production Secretary:
Claudio Lo Cascio

Property Master:
Gianluca Orlandini
Enrico Frullani
Ascanio Fedrigo

Script Supervisor:
Flavia Toso

Second Assistant Camera:
Alessandro Mencarelli

Second Assistant Director:
Alessandra Fornari

Sound:
Bruno Pupparo

Sound Editor:
Alessandra Perpignani

Sound Mixer:
Alberto Doni

Steadicam Operator:
Adriano Cardinale

Writer:
Paolo Virzì
Francesco Bruni

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