The Best Day of My Life

The Best Day of My Life

Directed by	Cristina Comencini
Produced by	Marco Chimenz Giovanni Stabilini Riccardo Tozzi
Written by	Giulia Calenda Cristina Comencini Lucilla Schiaffino
Starring	Virna Lisi Margherita Buy Sandra Ceccarelli Luigi Lo Cascio
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Cinematography	Fabio Cianchetti
Edited by	Cecilia Zanuso
Distributed by	01 Distribuzione
Release dates	12 April 2002
Running time	102 mins
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Best Day of My Life (Italian: Il più bel giorno della mia vita) is a 2002 award-winning Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini.

Plot

The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.

Cast

Virna Lisi as Irene
Margherita Buy as Sara
Sandra Ceccarelli as Rita
Luigi Lo Cascio as Claudio
Marco Baliani as Carlo
Marco Quaglia as Luca
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Davide
Ricky Tognazzi as Sandro Berardi
Gaia Conforzi as Cecilia
Francesco Scianna as Marco
Francesca Perini as Silvia
Maria Luisa De Crescenzo as Chiara
Andrea Sama as Cammello
Giulio Squillacciotti as Che

Awards

2002: Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival
2002: Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2003: Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival

External links

Grand Prix des Amériques

1978–2000	Ligabue (1978) 1+1=3 (1979) The Stunt Man / Fontamara (1980) The Chosen (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) The Go Masters (1983) El Norte (1984) Padre nuestro (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Kenny (1987) The Reader (1988) Freedom Is Paradise (1989) Fallen from Heaven (1990) Salmonberries (1991) The Dark Side of the Heart (1992) Betrayal (1993) Once Were Warriors (1994) Georgia (1995) Different for Girls (1996) Children of Heaven (1997) The Quarry / Full Moon (1998) The Color of Paradise (1999) The Taste of Others / Innocence (2000)

2001–present	Baran / Abandoned (2001) The Best Day of My Life (2002) The Cordon (2003) The Syrian Bride (2004) Off Screen (2005) A Long Walk / The Greatest Love of All (2006) Ben X / A Secret (2007) Departures (2008) Korkoro (2009) Oxygen (2010) Come as You Are (2011) Where the Fire Burns (2012) Life Feels Good (2013)

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