A Perfect Family

A Perfect Family

Money can't buy happiness... but it can rent it.

2012 · 120 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy

Leone is a rich and powerful man whose loneliness drives him to hire a cast of actors to play the family he never had. On Christmas Eve, reality and make-believe start to get blurred.

Directed by Paolo Genovese · Written by Paolo Genovese

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