Viva l'Italia

For the earlier film, see Garibaldi (film).

Viva l'Italia (lit. 'Long live Italy') is a 2012 Italian comedy film written and directed by Massimiliano Bruno. In the film, politician Michele Spagnolo loses the ability to lie because of a stroke. The strange situation leads to dire consequences. The film was shot in and around Rome.

Viva l'Italia
Directed by	Massimiliano Bruno
Written by	Massimiliano Bruno Edoardo Maria Falcone
Produced by	Fulvio e Federica Lucisano
Starring	Raoul Bova Alessandro Gassmann Michele Placido Ambra Angiolini Edoardo Leo Maurizio Mattioli Rocco Papaleo
Cinematography	Alessandro Pesci
Music by	Giuliano Taviani Carmelo Travia
Release date	25 October 2012 (2012-10-25)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Premise

The film revolves around the Spagnolo family. Michele Spagnolo is the leader of the political party Viva l'Italia. Dire consequences arise when he loses the ability to lie because of a stroke.

Cast

• Raoul Bova as Riccardo Spagnolo
• Ambra Angiolini as Susanna Spagnolo
• Michele Placido as Michele Spagnolo
• Alessandro Gassmann as Valerio Spagnolo
• Rocco Papaleo as Tony
• Edoardo Leo as Marco
• Maurizio Mattioli as Antonio
• Rolando Ravello as Giansanti
• Sarah Felberbaum as Valentina
• Isabelle Adriani as paziente ospedale
• Imma Piro as Giovanna
• Camilla Filippi as Elena
• Nicola Pistoia as Roberto D'Onofrio
• Isa Barzizza as Marisa
• Sergio Fiorentini as Cesare
• Remo Remotti as Annibale
• Massimiliano Vado as Max
• Samantha Fantauzzi as Sonia
• Edoardo Maria Falcone as Stalker
• Barbara Folchitto as Anna
• Massimiliano Bruno as TV presenter
• Patrizia Pellegrino as Talk Show presenter
• Frankie HI-NRG MC as Mc
• Ninni Bruschetta as himself
• Paola Minaccioni as Logopedist
• Edoardo Pesce as Mazzone
• Stefano Fresi as Santini
• Valerio Aprea as Director
• Lucia Ocone as Waitress
• Cristiano Malgioglio as himself
• Alessandro Mannarino as himself

External links

• Viva l'Italia at IMDb