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Welcome to the North (2012)
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Original name: Benvenuti al Nord
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
society, friendship, culture clash, workplace, couple relations, workplace situations, disorder, postman, fish out of water, social satire, couples, travel, discrimination, friends
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, europe
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