The Best Day of My Life

The Best Day of My Life
Directed by	Cristina Comencini
Produced by	Marco Chimenz Giovanni Stabilini Riccardo Tozzi
Written by	Giulia Calenda Cristina Comencini Lucilla Schiaffino
Starring	Virna Lisi Margherita Buy Sandra Ceccarelli Luigi Lo Cascio
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Cinematography	Fabio Cianchetti
Edited by	Cecilia Zanuso
Distributed by	01 Distribuzione
Release dates	12 April 2002
Running time	102 mins
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Best Day of My Life (Italian: Il più bel giorno della mia vita) is a 2002 award-winning Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini.

Plot

The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.

Cast

• Virna Lisi as Irene
• Margherita Buy as Sara
• Sandra Ceccarelli as Rita
• Luigi Lo Cascio as Claudio
• Marco Baliani as Carlo
• Marco Quaglia as Luca
• Jean-Hugues Anglade as Davide
• Ricky Tognazzi as Sandro Berardi
• Gaia Conforzi as Cecilia
• Francesco Scianna as Marco
• Francesca Perini as Silvia
• Maria Luisa De Crescenzo as Chiara
• Andrea Sama as Cammello
• Giulio Squillacciotti as Che

Awards

• 2002: Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival
• 2002: Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 2003: Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival

External links

• The Best Day of My Life at IMDb
• The Best Day of My Life at AllMovie