Directed by Simone Aleandri, the actor is the protagonist of a film full of staging and unexpected events. Alongside Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Delogu and Claudio Colica
After having experimented for a long time with the auteur documentary, Simone Aleandri signs his first romantic comedy, Falling in love and other bad ideasfrom May 28th to the cinema with 01 Distribution. At the center of his work, however, are characters and relationships. But also subterfuge and unexpected events.
Protagonist is Linen Pillowjust seen in the film School of seduction by Carlo Verdone. If there he was a professor giving lessons on emotions and attraction, now he is a lawyer who has just been dumped by his wife, who stages seductions and affairs to attract her back to him. Also in the cast Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea DeloguClaudio Colica, Grazia Schiavo and Davide Devenuto.
From Viva Sarajevo to Three times Jerusalemfrom Mater Matera to They are our thingafter the docs Aleandri had already made his debut in fiction cinema with The longest night of the yearpresented at the Turin Film Festival. With the documentary Seydou, not the dream it has colorthe protagonist of the film had recently told us I Captain by Matteo Garrone.
The plot
Here’s the plot of Falling in love and other bad ideas.
Lino (Lino Guanciale) is a successful lawyer. However, he feels his life collapse when his wife Grazia (Grace Schiavo) decides to leave him for a charming chef, Paolo (Davide Devenuto).
Moved by a desire for revenge, Lino devises a plan: to demonstrate to Grazia that Paolo is a seducer ready to betray and abandon her. To achieve his goal he involves Sofia (Andrea Delogu), a woman immersed in legal trouble with her ex-boyfriend. Lino will offer her legal assistance, she will have to seduce Paolo.
They will be helped by Lino’s eccentric friends (Tommy, Claudio Colica) and Sofia (Matilde, Ilenia Pastorelli). But the unexpected is around the corner, obviously.
In this exclusive video an excerpt from the film Falling in love and other bad ideas.
