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Release Year2019
Runtime1h 27m
LanguageItalian
CertificationNR
GenresComedy
Votes72
DirectorLaura Chiossone
WritersRenata Ciaravino, Gabriele Scotti
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.9 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsParents in Progress
About Parents in Progress
Simona is a single mother in her early ‘40s who is wholly devoted to her son, Filippo. To get over her insecurities as a parent and make her son happy on his eighth birthday, she decides to throw him a birthday party in their small flat and invite over his school friends and their parents. For Simona, this birthday is about to pose quite the surprising dilemma between allowing her son to embrace his true self and a mother’s fierce desire to protect her child from their potentially cruel surroundings. This is the last conundrum she was expecting to have to face on a day that is already rife with anxiety.
Directed by Laura Chiossone, Parents in Progress leans on a strong ensemble — Anna Foglietta, Paolo Calabresi, Marina Rocco — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 2019.
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