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Children of Hannibal (Figli di Annibale)
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| Directed by | Davide Ferrario |
| Cast | Diego Abatantuono, Silvio Orlando, Valentina Cervi, Flavio Insinna and Ugo Conti |
| Theatrical Release | November 30, 1997 |
| DVD Release | November 18, 2003 |
| Running Time | 93 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | Unrated |
| UPC Code | 807839000603 |
| Buy this item | $12.99 at Amazon.com As of Oct 6 8:29 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Tla, Usually ships in 24 hours, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Subtitled), Italian (Original Language) Or 28 new from $7.73, 14 used from $3.66 |
About Children of Hannibal
Unemployed Domenico decides to rob a bank in Italy and escape to Switzerland. Everything goes horribly wrong and he takes a hostage. The man he chooses, Tommaso, is more unscrupulous than Domenico. He hates his wife, his business is doing poorly and the kidnapping appears to be a good way to disappear and start over again. The victim takes over the plans and becomes the leader as things go from bad to worse. Children of Hannibal is both an unpredictable caper film and an often hilarious road movie.
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An Unpredictable Caper
Amos Lassen
Male bonding and a road trip are the subjects of Davide Ferrario's "Children of Hannibal". If you can imagine a combination of a bungling bank robber, a hostage who refuses to cooperate, a gay policeman and a situation which goes from bad to worse than you have an idea what this film is about. Domenico is a sad guy and without a job as well. He decides to rob a bank in Turin, Italy and then flee to Switzerland. Of course things do not quite work out that way. The heist is bungled and he ends up with Tommaso as his hostage. Tommaso is a tall, patrician businessman who is on the verge of bankruptcy. He takes over the robbery and convinces Domenico to go south, get some help from a friend of his and then head for Egypt. This doesn't quite work out either as Domenico discovers that Orfeo is not only Tomasso's lover and also a policeman. What was once a couple becomes a threesome and then Tommaso's grown daughter also decides to enter the scheme. It just does not seem that Domenico is going to get out of the country.
For the first half of the film I found myself laughing a lot the entire time but when the daughter played by Valentina Cervi to probably lend balance to the gay plot, the movie began to lose steam. Diego Abatantuono as Domenico and Silvio Orlando as Tomasso are great together bantering between themselves and it is a pity that a female had to be introduced to counter this. Otherwise this is really an enjoyable movie.
May 18, 2008
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