The House of Smiles

The House of Smiles
The House of Smiles
Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Written by	Marco Ferreri; Liliane Betti; Antonino Marino
Starring	Ingrid Thulin; Dado Ruspoli
Release date	February 1991;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The House of Smiles (Italian: La casa del sorriso) is a 1991 Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri. It depicts a romance between an old man and an old woman inside a care home.

The film won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Ingrid Thulin as Adelina
Dado Ruspoli as Andrea
Enzo Cannavale as Avvocato
María Mercader as Elvira
Lucia Vasini as Giovanna
Francesca Antonelli as Rosy
Elisabeth Kaza as Esmeralda
Nunzia Fumo
Fulvio Falzarano

References[edit]

^ "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

External links[edit]

La Casa del sorriso at IMDb
La Casa del sorriso at AllMovie

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[Berlinale-1] "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

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