Everybody’s Fine [Stanno Tutti Bene] **** (1990, Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Valeria Cavalli) – Classic Movie Review 9732

Marcello Mastroianni’s certainly fine as Matteo Scuro, a retired old Sicilian bureaucrat who travels to mainland Italy to check what’s happened to his five kids, and is lied to by them to conceal the trouble they are in.

The 1990 Italian drama Everybody’s Fine [Stanno Tutti Bene] is a long, leisurely but winning slice of life from co-writer/ director Giuseppe Tornatore (following up his 1988 success Cinema Paradiso), with lovely performances, fine visuals by Blasco Giurato, great locations and a rousing score by Ennio Morricone.

With filming in Florence, Milan, Rome, Turin, Naples and Rimini, Everybody’s Fine [Stanno Tutti Bene] is like an Italian touring holiday, but cheaper.

Also in the cast are Michèle Morgan, Marino Cenna, Roberto Nobile, Valeria Cavali, Norma Martelli, Fabio Iellini and Salvatore Cascio.

It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival (1990).

Everybody’s Fine [Stanno Tutti Bene] is directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, runs 118 minutes, is made by Erre Produzioni, Les Films Ariane, TF1 Films Production and Silvio Berlusconi Communications, is released by Penta Distribuzione (1990) (Italy), Les Films Ariane (1990) (France), Miramax (1991) (US) and Sovereign Pictures (1991) (UK), is written by Massimo De Rita, Tonino Guerra and Giuseppe Tornatore, is shot in Eastmancolor by Blasco Giurato, is produced by Angelo Rizzoli Jr and is scored by Ennio Morricone.

It is remade as Everybody’s Fine (2009) with Robert DeNiro.

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