IFF24 Life's a Beach
IFF24 Life's a Beach
Australian premiere
From the team behind Belli Ciao (IFF22), comedy duo Pio D'Antini and Amedeo Grieco reunite with director Gennaro Nunziante in fun new comedy Life’s a Beach.
Pio is an easily influenced lawyer whose choices were always dictated by his late father. Now the CEO of his father’s company, he lives a comfortable, privileged life in his in-law's castle, surrounded by a vineyard, and is being nominated as town mayor by a group of local businessmen.
However, a dramatic change is triggered when parish priest Father Boschin (Claudio Bigagli), requests he hire Amedeo as his driver. A man with a turbulent past, Amedeo bursts into Pio’s life with exuberance and the situation quickly goes awry. While Pio’s family want Amadeo fired, Pio is inspired by Amedeo’s confidence and soon begins to question his entire existence and embark on a new life path with hilarious results.
An entertaining journey through an Italy full of surprises, Life’s a Beach is a laugh-out-loud adventure and local box office hit that screened in Italian cinemas for eight weeks.
“A year after their first film together, Belli ciao, the three have done it again.” - The Hollywood Reporter
From the team behind Belli Ciao (IFF22), comedy duo Pio D'Antini and Amedeo Grieco reunite with director Gennaro Nunziante in fun new comedy Life’s a Beach.
Pio is an easily influenced lawyer whose choices were always dictated by his late father. Now the CEO of his father’s company, he lives a comfortable, privileged life in his in-law's castle, surrounded by a vineyard, and is being nominated as town mayor by a group of local businessmen.
However, a dramatic change is triggered when parish priest Father Boschin (Claudio Bigagli), requests he hire Amedeo as his driver. A man with a turbulent past, Amedeo bursts into Pio’s life with exuberance and the situation quickly goes awry. While Pio’s family want Amadeo fired, Pio is inspired by Amedeo’s confidence and soon begins to question his entire existence and embark on a new life path with hilarious results.
An entertaining journey through an Italy full of surprises, Life’s a Beach is a laugh-out-loud adventure and local box office hit that screened in Italian cinemas for eight weeks.
“A year after their first film together, Belli ciao, the three have done it again.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Rating:
CTC
Runtime:
90 mins