Il padre delle spose

Il padre delle spose

2006 · 107 min · ★ 4.1 · Drama, TV Movie

Riccardo, a southern man of solid principles and good feelings, decides to go and visit his daughter Aurora, who has been living in Barcelona for some time. There, however, a surprise awaits him: Aurora has married a woman. Indignant, Riccardo hastily returns to Italy, determined never to see her again. But perhaps destiny has decided otherwise.

Directed by Lodovico Gasparini · Written by Giancarlo Russo

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

Il padre delle spose

Sarò sempre tuo padre

Both from Lodovico Gasparini.

More from Lodovico GaspariniSee all →

The Marshal RoccaThe Marshal Rocca · 1996
The Marshal Rocca
★ 8.11996
SeriesComedyDrama
The adventures of the marshal of the carabinieri Giovanni Rocca, played by the great Gigi Proietti. Definitely one of the most successful Rai fictions ever, the series, after the first eight episodes broadcast in 1996, went on for six seasons, ending only in 2008. For over a decade the investigations and the private life of the marshal of Viterbo , born from an idea by Laura Toscano, have fascinated the television audience, making them become attached to characters such as the beautiful pharmacist Margherita (Stefania Sandrelli) or the brigadier Cacciapuoti (Sergio Fiorentini).
Sarò sempre tuo padreSarò sempre tuo padre · 2011
Sarò sempre tuo padre
★ 7.82011
MovieDrama
Luisa SpagnoliLuisa Spagnoli · 2016
Luisa Spagnoli
★ 7.62016
MovieDramaTV Movie
This is a true story of Luisa Spagnoli who was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a women's fashion store and the chocolate brand, Perugia. The show is a romantic telling of her life. Considering that women were not involved in business, it is an amazing story of someone way ahead of her time.
La signora delle CamelieLa signora delle Camelie · 2005
La signora delle Camelie
★ 7.52005
SeriesDrama
La guerra è finitaLa guerra è finita · 2002
La guerra è finita
★ 7.42002
MovieTV MovieDrama
Horse FeverHorse Fever · 1976
Horse Fever
★ 7.31976
MovieComedy
Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
LourdesLourdes · 2000
Lourdes
★ 7.22000
MovieDrama
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to hush up the entire incident. In vain, however, because when Empress Eugénie requests water from the spring for her sickly son, they are forced to acquiesce. And even the local priest is finally convinced. While taking his tuberculosis-stricken fiancé Claire to a sanatorium, the young doctor Henri Guillaumet meets Bernadette. The water from Lourdes' spring heals Claire's disease overnight, but the scientist in Henri doubts the miracle and wants to expose Bernadette as a liar. It is not until Henri again meets Bernadette, who has in the meantime become a nun and works as a nurse, that he finds a way to balance belief and modern science. And his love for Claire is strengthened as well.
A Double VictoryA Double Victory · 1989
A Double Victory
★ 7.01989
MovieDramaTV Movie
Following a life-altering heart attack, a train driver named Saverio receives a heart transplant from a young, deceased runner. To honor his donor, Saverio takes on the challenge of fulfilling the young man's dream, training for and ultimately completing the New York City Marathon with the eventual support of the donor's father.
Saint John Bosco Mission to LoveSaint John Bosco Mission to Love · 2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
★ 6.92004
MovieAdventureFamily
Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ignorance and social distress, but it got for the first time, to feel loved. He fought with extraordinary faith and tenacity to overcome obstacles and snares that both the civilian and ecclesiastical authorities, they put in their path to prevent him from completing his goal: the founding of the Congregation of the Salesians, which would guarantee the future of their children .
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me NervousNo Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous · 1982
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
★ 6.51982
MovieComedyThriller
A mysterious killer eliminate the singers of a brand new music Festival in Naples. Some journalists will try to discover who is that murderer who seems to be obsessed by the song "Funiculi, Funicula".
The SkinThe Skin · 1981
The Skin
★ 6.41981
MovieDramaWar
Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.
SorayaSoraya · 2003
Soraya
★ 6.42003
MovieDrama
Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.
Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesiaTrilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia · 2013
Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia
★ 6.32013
MovieDrama
Biographical movie on the life of Trilussa, aka Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri. Italian poet, writer and journalist known for this works in Romanesco dialect.
Father MatteoFather Matteo · 2000
Father Matteo
★ 6.32000
SeriesDramaComedy
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.
Flatfoot in Hong KongFlatfoot in Hong Kong · 1975
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
★ 6.21975
MovieActionComedy
Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
La leggenda del bandito e del campioneLa leggenda del bandito e del campione · 2010
La leggenda del bandito e del campione
★ 6.02010
MovieDrama
This is the story of two poor, hungry young people, as well as their desire for social reward in Italy in the early twentieth century. This is the story of the passion for the cycling that joined them, and the adventurous events that shared them forever. The two boys were called Constant Girardengo and Sante Pollastri. But for all, they were the "Campionissimo" and "Bandito Numero 1".

More Like This

A History of ViolenceA History of Violence · 2005
A History of Violence
★ 7.22005
MovieDramaThriller
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Desert HeartsDesert Hearts · 1985
Desert Hearts
★ 7.11985
MovieDramaRomance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.
The PartyThe Party · 1980
The Party
★ 6.61980
MovieDramaRomance
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
The Party 2The Party 2 · 1982
The Party 2
★ 6.41982
MovieComedyRomance
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner · 1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
★ 7.61967
MovieDramaRomance
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
The Edge of HeavenThe Edge of Heaven · 2007
The Edge of Heaven
★ 7.22007
MovieDrama
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
Aimée & JaguarAimée & Jaguar · 1999
Aimée & Jaguar
★ 6.81999
MovieDramaHistory
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
MoonstruckMoonstruck · 1987
Moonstruck
★ 6.81987
MovieComedyDrama
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter