Film

Merry Christmas... Happy New Year

1989 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.2

In this romantic story, a couple (Michel Serrault and Virna Lisi) who have been married for over forty years are forced to separate, one to each of their two children's families, when they can no longer pay the rent on their longtime apartment. Absence, in this case, refreshes their memory of the love they have shared, and they take to meeting one another furtively in hotel rooms for sex and affection. One summer, as each of their daughters families takes them on separate vacations, they have had enough, and elope, finding contentment as lighthouse keepers off the coast of Sicily.

Michel Serrault

Gino

Virna Lisi

Elvira

Mattia Sbragia

Giorgio

Consuelo Ferrara

Patrizia

Tiziana Pini

Giannina

Nar Sene

Abraham

Paolo Graziosi

Pietro

Francesca Neri

Ida Eccher

Maurizio Solda

Luciano Turi

Raffaele Di Mario

• Luigi ComenciniScreenplay · Director
• Cristina ComenciniScreenplay
• Raffaele Festa CampanileScreenplay
• Pasquale Festa CampanileNovel
• Fabio CriscuoloProducer
• Luigi PatriziProducer
• Armando NannuzziDirector of Photography
• Fiorenzo CarpiOriginal Music Composer
• Sergio BuziEditor

Release date

November 23, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy, Drama