The Family Friend
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...
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Cast
19 people
Giacomo Rizzo
Geremia
Known for
Welcome to the South
1900
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Gino
Known for
Human Capital
Rose Island
Laura Chiatti
Rosalba
Known for
Somewhere
I Want You
Gigi Angelillo
Saverio, Rosalba's father
Known for
Cado dalle nubi
Crime Novel
Clara Bindi
Geremia's mother
Known for
Welcome to the South
Black Sunday
Barbara Valmorin
Bingo's Grandmother
Known for
Seven Beauties
Antonella Salvucci
Presenter
Known for
The Music Box
Marco Giallini
Attanasio
Known for
Perfect Strangers
Tutta colpa di Freud
Giorgio Colangeli
Massa
Known for
Immaculate
There's Still Tomorrow
Alina Nedelea
Belana
Known for
The Goodbye Kiss
Milan – Palermo: The Return
Valentina Lodovini
Debtor woman
Known for
Welcome to the South
When Mom Is Away
Roberta Fiorentini
Rosalba's mother
Known for
Boris
Ignorance Is Bliss
Paolo Sorrentino Director · Luca Bigazzi Cinematographer Giogiò Franchini Editor
United States release October 1, 2006 · Produced in Italy, France · Languages French, Italian
Production
Fandango
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Indigo Film
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Medusa Film
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Sky
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Babe Film
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StudioCanal
Production
Italy · France
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Original title
L'amico di famiglia
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
France · May 25, 2006
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 1, 2006
Theatrical
Italy · November 10, 2006
Theatrical
Slovakia
July 19, 2018 · Theatrical
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