Si vive una volta sola

2021 Italian comedy film

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) (Rome)
13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)

Running time

105 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Si vive una volta sola (lit. 'We only live once') is a 2021 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.

The film is written by Verdone himself, together with Giovanni Veronesi and Pasquale Plastino, and its release has been delayed three times from an original February 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released on Prime Video in Italy on May 13, 2021.

Cast

Carlo Verdone as Umberto Gastaldi
Rocco Papaleo as Amedeo Lasalandra
Anna Foglietta as Lucia Santilli
Max Tortora as Corrado Pezzella
Mariana Falace as Tina Gastaldi
Sergio Múñiz as Xabier

Release

Originally set to be released on 27 February 2020, the date was delayed to 27 November due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[1]^[2] In October 2020, after the Italian government imposed the closure of theaters in the whole country, in order to decrease the impact of a new outbreak, Filmauro pushed back the release to 20 January 2021.^[3] The film was delayed again^[4] and finally released in a selection of theatres in Rome on 28 April 2021, and via streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 13 May.

References

^ Pagan, Beatrice (23 February 2020). "Coronavirus: Carlo Verdone, uscita rinviata per il suo nuovo film" (in Italian). Movieplayer. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "'Si vive una volta sola', finalmente al cinema il film di Verdone dopo lo stop a causa del Covid" (in Italian). TgCom 24. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Si vive una volta sola: il film di Carlo Verdone al cinema il 20 gennaio 2021" (in Italian). Screenweek. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "I film più attesi del 2021: quando e dove vederli". Panorama (in Italian). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.