This funny and clever movie is set in the Little Italy area of Montreal. Angelo Barberini (Luke Kirby) is the son of Italian immigrants Gino (Paul Sorvino) and Maria (Ginette Reno). He shocks his parents and his sister Anna (Claudia Ferri) by moving out and revealing that he's gay. A funny line is, "Italians move out either when they marry or when they die." Angelo's policeman boyfriend Nino Paventi (Peter Miller) refuses to come out of the closet, especially not to his Sicilian mother Lina (Mary Walsh). The gay lovers move in together. Nino passes as straight, but Angelo hates being in the closet. This independent comedy-drama has a surprise ending.
The ethnic humor makes the film like "My Big Gay Italian Wedding". Some critics complain about stereotypical Italians, but that is the charm and beauty of it. Italian culture and tradition have rarely been portrayed in cinema so realistically. Italians love this movie! One Italian wrote: "Fat Italian men are perhaps the funniest group of people in the world. They are not simply funny because they know how to tell a joke, or they know how to pull off a good pratfall, but more because all you have to do is look at them, and they can make you burst out laughing." The confession scene is hilarious, as is the gay helpline scene. Émile Gaudreault and Steve Galluccio wrote the screenplay, based on Galluccio's theatrical play of the same name. The story is based on Galluccio's own life and experiences. Émile Gaudreault directed.
The ethnic humor makes the film like "My Big Gay Italian Wedding". Some critics complain about stereotypical Italians, but that is the charm and beauty of it. Italian culture and tradition have rarely been portrayed in cinema so realistically. Italians love this movie! One Italian wrote: "Fat Italian men are perhaps the funniest group of people in the world. They are not simply funny because they know how to tell a joke, or they know how to pull off a good pratfall, but more because all you have to do is look at them, and they can make you burst out laughing." The confession scene is hilarious, as is the gay helpline scene. Émile Gaudreault and Steve Galluccio wrote the screenplay, based on Galluccio's theatrical play of the same name. The story is based on Galluccio's own life and experiences. Émile Gaudreault directed.
