Screening

About Il mio miglior nemico

Year Released:

2006

Genres:

Comedy

Metadata:

Directed by Carlo Verdone

Achilles De Bellis (Carlo Verdone) is the CEO of a major hotel chain that is owned by his wife and brother-in-law. He seems to have everything—a beautiful house, a good marriage, and the dream job. When he dismisses a maid at one of the hotels because she is accused of theft, her son Orpheus decides to avenge his mother and plots to ruin Achilles’ life. He soon finds Achilles weaknesses, but things become complicated when Orpheus meets Cecilia, the daughter of Achilles. In Italian language with English subtitles.(HD presentation)

Director/Actor Carlo Verdone is scheduled to be present.

New Trends in Contemporary Italian Cinema The Fifth Annual Film Symposium on New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema with Filmmaker Carlo Verdone is presented by Indiana University’s Department of French and Italian. Support comes from the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of French & Italian, Mary-Margaret Barr Koon Fund, Olga Ragusa Fund for the Study of Modern Italian Literature & Culture, College Arts & Humanities Institute, Provost Lauren Robel, J.D., and Indiana University Cinema.