Parenti serpenti (1992)

Directed by

Mario Monicelli

Genre

comedy film, Christmas film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

e 14

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 387 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Italian family gathers for Christmas. Old resentments and petty grievances boil over, turning the holiday into a venomous free-for-all.

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What happens

Parenti serpenti (Italian for 'Relatives [Are] Snakes'), also released in English as Dearest Relatives or Poisonous Relations, is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes. Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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