Love & Slaps

Love & Slaps

A family on the verge of a nervous breakdown

2010 · 107 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy

A comedy about generational conflict between two parents who do not want to grow old and a seventeen year old daughter who wants to become an adult. During a weekend with some friends in their country house in Tuscany, Marcello and Marina, relieved that the love affair of their teenage daughter Rose with another boy, Luke, is over, prepare to meet their daughter's new boyfriend. The problem is that the two adults, who still feel pretty young, do not know what to expect, and what they are about to discover will leave them speechless ...

Directed by Sergio Castellitto · Written by Margaret Mazzantini

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