Solino (2002)

In the sixties Romano Amato, his wife Rosa and their two sons Giancarlo and Gigi emigrate from Solino in Italy to Duisburg in the Ruhr area and establish the first Pizza restaurant in town.... See full summary »

Director:

Fatih Akin

Writer:

Ruth Toma

Stars:

Barnaby Metschurat, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Tasche

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Tasche	...	Jos Vater
Barnaby Metschurat	...	Gigi
Tiziana Lodato	...	Ada
Antonella Attili	...	Rosa
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Giancarlo
Annika Schmitz	...	Jo Kind
Patrycia Ziolkowska	...	Jo
Nicola Cutrignelli	...	Gigi Kind
Michele Ranieri	...	Giancarlo Kind
Cesare Mele	...	Umberto Kind
Franco Javarone	...	Alfredo
Pino Cacace	...	Carabiniere
Giuseppe Fernando Caputo	...	Rosas Vater
Rosa Di Brigida	...	Paola
Giuseppe De Rosa	...	Antonio

Storyline

In the sixties Romano Amato, his wife Rosa and their two sons Giancarlo and Gigi emigrate from Solino in Italy to Duisburg in the Ruhr area and establish the first Pizza restaurant in town. Their business emerges well and both children get used to Germany. 10 years later the brothers fall in love with the same woman; they break tie with each other in anger and Gigi returns to Solino with his mother. A decade later both meet again and have a retrospect on their lives.

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | pizza | bare chested male | sex | kitchen | 

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Italian

Release Date:

7 November 2002 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Солино

Filming Locations:

Apulia, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

DEM10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,034,779

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wüste Film, Wüste Film West GmbH, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min 114 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, the screenplay was set in Oberhausen. It was changed to Duisburg because the film team found several locations in Duisburg that had hardly changed since the 1960s. It seems that Duisburg city authorities were not happy to hear that.

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Connections

References The Damned (1969)

User Reviews

A film which shows cultural differences and problems

This film plays in the 60s and is about an Italian family: Romano, his wife Rosa and their two children Gigi and Giancarlo emigrate from Solino in Italy to Duisburg in the Ruhr area. I like this film, because I think it is quite realistic: it shows problems which many foreign families have when they come to another country: they have to get used to a new culture, a new environment and this can be difficult: especially if you don't know the language.... It is difficult for the family but they find a way: they open a restaurant which offers typical Italian food, and it is named "Solino", like their hometown. The film also shows different conflicts - Gigi and Giancarlo fall in love with the same girl, and although Rosa has to work very hard, Romano refuses to pay money to engage more workers, etc. etc. But stop, I don't want to tell you how it goes on. You should watch the film yourself, it's a nice one - I have also made a Referat about it and examined scenes which show different cultural attitudes. And there are a few...