• Year2002
    Episodes8
    ChannelRai 1

    Synopsis

    Massimo Ricciardi is an Italian nobleman who emigrated to America to try his luck in the music business, but is unfortunately failing and chased by his American ex-fiancee, ready to harm him for revenge. He is thinking of going back to Italy.

    He is unaware that the noble family in Rome which he left behind, with two sisters is now sinking in debts. The two sisters are Beatrice, separated, with two daughters and manager of a beauty center, and Mercedes. The two sisters live in the luxury family house: Villa Ricciardi but to pay back the enormous debts they’ve incurred they sign a contract to sell the villa.

    Massimo suddenly returns from America but his sisters do not have the courage to own up to the contracted sale. Beatrice’s two daughters, Massimo’s twenty year old nieces now get to know the Uncle and start calling him lo zio d’America, as he seems very American to them. However he has a genial touch, is wild and imaginative and so he gets on with things. However penniless he does bring an element of flair to Beatrice’s beauty center.

    Here he meets the enchanting Maria, a beautician who is both sweet and romantic, believing herself in love with an impossible man. Maria asks his help to win over the heart of the man of her dreams, Architect Lorenzo Vanvitelli. Massimo initially convinces himself that he will help her, until he gradually discovers his own love for Maria. At this point he tries every stratagem to change the outcome so that she would fall in love with him rather than win over Lorenzo. As for the Villa Sale contract – his unbeatable verve and imagination provide other ploys to send the sale up in smoke. Once this objective has been achieved Massimo transforms the family home into a money-making location for grand ceremonies and events.

    To ultimately win over Maria’s heart Massimo then decides to play the Jealousy card: he goes to visit an old flame in Naples – Magda – and then brings her back to Rome. The ploy works to perfection as Maria discovers her own love for Massimo just as she is about to marry Lorenzo, leaving him at the altar. However, for the two of them to be together, they still have to overcome various obstacles before getting to the wedding they both aspired to.

    Artistic Cast

    ARTISTIC CAST

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    Christian De Sica Massimo Ricciardi
    Ornella Muti Maria
    Eleonora Giorgi Beatrice
    Karin Proia Manuela
    Paolo Conticini Vanni Ceccarello
    Rosanna Banfi Mercedes
    Giulia Steigerwalt Flaminia
    Leila Durante Nenè
    Mario Maranzana Svjatoslav
    Monica Scattini Polissena
    Stefania Barca Sonia Cavalieri
    Gino La Monica Riccardo
    Stefano Benassi Carlo Gabrieli
    Francesco Venditti Fabio
    Emanuele Palladino Claudio
    Sergio Bustric Pino
    Isabella Cecchi Giada
    Clelia Rondinella Nicoletta
    Adelmo Togliani Maurizio
    Giuseppe Russo Ruggio
    Myriam Catania Cristina
    Emiliano Reggente Marco
    Rosa Caputo Mariuccia
    Germana Dominici Gabriella
    Antonio Faa Gianni
    Enzo Decaro Lorenzo Vanvitelli
    Mattia Sbragia Andrea
    Sofia Milos Barbara Steel
    Pino Ammendola Jean Pierre
    Antonella Ponziani Dora
    Mita Medici Irene
    Ray Lovelock Gianluigi Patrizi
    Barbara D’Urso Magda
    Marisa Merlini Nonna Mariuccia

    Technical Cast

    TECNICAL CAST

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    Regia Rossella Izzo
    Soggetto e Sceneggiatura Simona Izzo
    Graziano Diana
    Direttore della Fotografia Franco Lecca
    Scenografia Stefano Pica
    Costumista Tiziana Mancini
    Fonico Massimo Loffredi
    Trucco Roberto Centanni
    Montaggio Raimondo Crociani
    Direttore di produzione Luciano Pecoraro
    Organizzatore generale Tullio Lullo
    Daniele Passani
    Produttore Rai Leonardo Ferrara
    Produttore esecutivo Carlo Principini
    Prodotto da Carlo Bixio per Publispei

  • Year2006
    Episodes4
    ChannelRai 1

    Synopsis

    The Ricciardis live in a beautiful and luxurious villa near Rome.
    Massimo, the head of the family, is the owner of a succesful business. One day he is betrayed and swindled by his company’s administrator who escapes to another country with all the money he stole. This leads to the failure of the company.
    Massimo, his two sisters Beatrice and Mercedes and the rest of the family fall on hard times and they lose everything. When they lose their home, they are forced to occupy illegaly an empty apartment owned by a crabby old aunt who actually owns the entire building.
    Their life has to start all over again as poor people.
    Massimo rolls up his sleeves and focuses on setting up a new business, while Beatrice goes back to look for a job starting from scratch. The family sticks together and they overcome the crisis caused by the sudden change.

    During this time, Massimo meets two women who, with the speed of a cyclone, blow up his world. The charming Francesca, who runs a bakery next to his house is a former dancer full of unfulfilled whishes and broken dreams and the young and beautiful Claudia, who tries to make ends meet is doing her best to break into showbiz.
    Of course, she can dance, sing and act but her goal is not to become famous. The only reason for pursuing this line of work is to earn money quickly and help her old father who is cared for in a nursing home.and needs an expensive rehab program.
    Massimo feels torn between the two women. He has been in love with Francesca, since the moment he saw her with flour on her face, kneading and baking cakes. The problem is that Francesca is still not over an impossible love from her past.
    When it comes to Claudia, he rather feels a fatherly affection for her,.however, she will fall in love with him and try in every way possible to make him reciprocate.
    Because of his generous nature, Massimo will help both women make their dreams come true.
    He will help Francesca in winning back her past love, even though this will make him miserable and he will also help Claudia find gigs, castings calls and auditions and by teaching her some acting techniques and few tricks of the trade. At the end he will find that the young woman has a strong talent and serious artistic skills.
    All this, however, will turn his private and emotional life upside down…

    Artistic Cast

    ARTISTIC CAST

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    Christian De Sica Massimo Ricciardi
    Lorella Cuccarini Francesca
    Eleonora Giorgi Beatrice
    Paolo Conticini Vanni Ceccarello
    Rosanna Banfi Mercedes
    Myriam Catania Claudia
    Giulia Steigerwalt Flaminia
    Leila Durante Nenè
    Matteo Urzia Claudietto
    Pino Quartullo Domenico
    Davide Rossi Mario
    Erica Blanc Zia Giovanna
    Pino Insegno Alfonso
    Francesca Reggiani Priscilla
    Roberto Alpi Federico
    Gianni Nazzaro Dino
    Riccardo Miniggio Sergio
    Stefano Masciarelli Giacomo
    Marco Bocci Luca
    Ramona Badescu Samantha
    Edoardo Leo Fabio
    Enio Dovrandi Ignazio

    Technical Cast

    TECNICAL CAST

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    Regia Rossella Izzo
    Soggetto Simona Izzo
    Graziano Diana
    Sceneggiatura Simona Izzo
    Graziano Diana
    Francesco Bonelli
    Roberta Colombo
    Stefano Marcocci
    Domenico Tomassetti
    Direttore della Fotografia Pino Venditti
    Scenografia Stefano Pica
    Costumista Cristiana Lafayette
    Musiche Pino Donaggio
    Coreografie Franco Miseria
    Montaggio Mauro Menicocci
    Aiuto regia Edoardo Margheriti
    Fonico di presa diretta Fabrizio Andreucci
    Organizzatore generale Tullio Lullo
    Produttore Rai Leonardo Ferrara
    Produttore esecutivo Carlo Principini
    Prodotto da Carlo Bixio per Publispei