The Salt of Life

– Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2011
Original Name:
Gianni e le donne
The Salt of Life (2011) - Also known as Gianni e le donne

Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the right reasons? Doesn't his wife profit by the situation (she still works so it is only logical that Gianni do all the chores)? Isn't he subject to the excruciating whims of his rich mother?... Sure, everybody LIKES Gianni, but who LOVES him? Agreed, being kind to them, he is the ladies pet, but he does not attract them anymore. That is why, when his macho lawyer friend Alfonso blames him for not having young mistresses "like every other senior Italian male", Gianni, who is beginning to ask himself questions about what it is like to become old, starts chasing dames.

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The Salt of Life (2011) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Feb 2011

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Gianni Di Gregorio

Writer:

Valerio Attanasio, Gianni Di Gregorio

Main Actors:

Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini

Plot:

Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the right reasons? Doesn't his wife profit by the situation (she still works so it is only logical that Gianni do all the chores)? Isn't he subject to the excruciating whims of his rich mother?... Sure, everybody LIKES Gianni, but who LOVES him? Agreed, being kind to them, he is the ladies pet, but he does not attract them anymore. That is why, when his macho lawyer friend Alfonso blames him for not having young mistresses "like every other senior Italian male", Gianni, who is beginning to ask himself questions about what it is like to become old, starts chasing dames...

Awards:

5 nominations.

Gross profit:

$200,146

Production:

Zeitgeist Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
Metacritic:
65%