Christmas on the Nile
Natale sul Nilo (Christmas on the Nile) is a 2002 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. In Italy the film was a huge commercial success, grossing 28,302,293 euros.
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| Directed by | Neri Parenti |
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Neri Parenti, Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Lorenzo De Luca, Andrea Margiotta |
| Starring | Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, I Fichi d'India, Paolo Conticini |
| Music by | Bruno Zambrini |
| Cinematography | Gianlorenzo Battaglia |
| Edited by | Luca Montanari |
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| Distributed by | Filmauro Home Video |
Release date | 2002 |
Running time | 103 min |
| Country | Italy – Egypt – Hispania – United Kingdom |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | 28M euros |
Plot
The Roman lawyer Fabio Ciulla (Cristian De Sica) goes on holiday to Egypt. He is pursuing his wife, whom he has repeatedly betrayed, in an attempt to persuade her to forgive him. The police sergeant Enrico Ombroni (Massimo Boldi) also travels to the land of the Pharaohs with a guard (Biagio Izzo) to get his young daughter (Lucrezia Piaggio) away from a musical group of which she is a fan. The two protagonists meet in Egypt for an exchange of misunderstandings, since Ciulla by mistake has a love affair with a young girl while his wife forgives him. The girl is engaged to the son of Ciulla, who plans to get rid of the tangle by a clever ruse. Meanwhile Ombroni's daughter runs away with the crew of her favorite musical group, who have come to Egypt to shoot an exotic video.
Cast
- Christian De Sica: Avv. Fabio Ciulla
- Massimo Boldi: Gen. Enrico Ombroni
- Fichi d'India: Max & Bruno
- Enzo Salvi: Oscar Tufello
- Biagio Izzo: Mar. Gennaro Saltalaquaglia
- Mabel Lozano: Gianna Ciulla
- Nuria de la Fuente: Paola Rampelli
- Paolo Conticini: Capitan
- Manu Fullola: Marco Ciulla
- Lucrezia Piaggio:Lorella Ombroni
- Iuliana Ierugan: show girl A
- Kimberly Greene: show girl B
- Gloria Anselmi: show girl C
- Luisella Tuttavilla: show girl D
- Maria De Filippi: herself