The Family Friend

7.220061h 42mDrama

The Family Friend (2006) is a drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino rated 7.2/10.

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...

Released: 2006-10-01

Duration: 1h 42m

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Writer: Paolo Sorrentino

Cast: Giacomo Rizzo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo, Clara Bindi, Barbara Valmorin

Production: Fandango, Indigo Film, Medusa Film