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For Roseanna (1997)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A beleaguered restauranteur (Reno) promises his terminally-ill wife she'll be interred in the same cemetery as her child, but the boneyard is so close to capacity that he finds himself on a... A beleaguered restauranteur (Reno) promises his terminally-ill wife she'll be interred in the same cemetery as her child, but the boneyard is so close to capacity that he finds himself on a frenzied mission to keep everyone else in their bucolic Italian village alive. Meanwhile, his wife prepares her younger, sexier sister to replace her as the family matriarch. An awkward marriage of black comedy and family drama. [More]

Starring: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel

Starring: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel, Luigi Diberti, Robert Della Casa, Giovanni Pallavicino, Jorge Krimer, Romano Ghini, Daniele Ferretti, Renato Scarpa, Trevor Peacock, George Rossi, Paul Muller, Lucia Guzzardi, Lidia Biondi, Anna Mazzotti, Fay Ripley, Giuseppe Papalia, Luis C. Garcia

Director: Paul Weiland

Director: Paul Weiland
Screenwriter: Saul Turteltaub
Composer: Trevor Jones
Producer: Alison Owen, Dario Poloni, Paul Trijbits

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  • This film centers on Marcello, a trattoria proprietor in an Italian village who will stop at nothing to make sure his beloved but ailing wife, Roseanna, realizes her dream of being buried at the local cemetary.
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