The House of Smiles

1991 film

February 1991 (1991-02)

Running time

110 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The House of Smiles (Italian: La casa del sorriso) is a 1991 Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri. It depicts a romance between an old man and an old woman inside a care home.

The film won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

Ingrid Thulin as Adelina
Dado Ruspoli as Andrea
Enzo Cannavale as Avvocato
María Mercader as Elvira
Lucia Vasini as Giovanna
Francesca Antonelli as Rosy
Elisabeth Kaza as Esmeralda
Nunzia Fumo
Fulvio Falzarano

References

^ "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

External links

La Casa del sorriso at IMDb
La Casa del sorriso at AllMovie

Films directed by Marco Ferreri

El Pisito
El Cochecito
The Conjugal Bed
"Il professore" in Countersex
The Ape Woman
Break Up
Marcia nuziale
Her Harem
Il seme dell'uomo
Dillinger Is Dead
L'udienza
Liza
Don't Touch the White Woman!
La Grande Bouffe
The Last Woman
Bye Bye Monkey
Seeking Asylum
Tales of Ordinary Madness
The Story of Piera
The Future Is Woman
I Love You
The House of Smiles
The Flesh
Diary of a Maniac

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