Vacanze di Natale '95 (also known as Christmas Vacation ’95) is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.[2][3]

Vacanze di Natale '95
Directed byNeri Parenti
Written byNeri Parenti
Enrico Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina
Produced byAurelio De Laurentiis
StarringChristian De Sica
Massimo Boldi
Luke Perry
Paolo Bonacelli
Cristiana Capotondi
CinematographyGianlorenzo Battaglia
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byManuel De Sica
Distributed byFilmauro
Release date
  • 15 December 1995 (1995-12-15) (Italy)
Running time
95 min
CountriesItaly
United States
LanguageItalian
Box office$12 million (Italy)[1]

Plot summary

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In the north of Italy in the town of Busto Arsizio, the clumsy and foolish Lorenzo leaves with his daughter Marta for the Christmas holiday for the city of Aspen, in Colorado. In Rome, the vulgar and womanizer Remo Proietti decides to recover unnecessarily loving relationship with his young wife Kelly, and so the two depart for America, while Remo's friends bettors and gamblers alike depart for America, but for Las Vegas. The story of Remo and Lorenzo starts just as Marta, in full adolescent phase, meets the famous Luke Perry and falls in love. In Aspen, Remo also discovers that his old friend Paolone, bettor and also usurer, is spending her Christmas holidays. When Remo loses a game of cards with him, threatening him Paolone legally, Remo is forced to sign a contract stating that his rival will have a sexual relationship with his wife. But Remo turns out that Kelly has a twin sister, valley of a club in the red light: Michelle...

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Reception

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The film was the second most popular Italian film in Italy for the year, behind Viaggi di nozze, with a gross of 10.9 billion lire ($6.9 million).[4] It went on to gross over $12 million.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "International Box Office". Variety. 22 January 1996. p. 26.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  3. ^ Deborah Young (January 14, 1996). "Review: 'Christmas Vacation '95'". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Top 10 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International. 5 April 1996. p. 17.
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