Mambo Italiano (2003) on Netflix
At twenty-seven, Angelo Barberini leaves his Italian immigrant family's Montreal home before marrying. He runs into Nino Paventi, a police officer he grew up with, and a romance begins.
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- IMDb6.7/107,226 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes32%
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Plot summary
Angelo Barberini is the son of Gino and Maria, Italian immigrants who ended up in Montreal rather than the United States. He has a sister, Anna. At twenty-seven he moves out of the family house while still unmarried, to his parents' shock. On his own he runs into Nino Paventi, the friend he grew up with, now a police officer. Both men are gay and in the closet, and they begin a romance. Nino moves in with Angelo, though Nino's traditional family, including his mother Lina, knows nothing. At home they are a couple; outside the house each keeps up a straight life. Angelo wants his family to know who he is, and Nino is not ready to tell anyone.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mambo Italiano (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Steve Galluccio wrote the original play Mambo Italiano based on his own real-life experiences growing up in an immigrant community in Montreal, and the film was adapted from that play.
- After Mambo Italiano, Steve Galluccio created the sitcom Ciao Bella, which explored similar culture-clash themes, and cast Claudia Ferri, who played Angelo's sister Anna in the film, in the lead role.
