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The Complexity of Happiness
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The Complexity of Happiness

2015-11-26 · 117 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy · Drama

Enrico is a corporate man whose job is to manipulate inexperienced scions into selling their flailing companies. His latest assignment proves more difficult than anticipated—since his target are two young siblings whose parents just died in a car accident.

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Directors
Gianni Zanasi
Production companies
Pupkin Production, IBC MOvie
Countries
Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Valerio MastandreaValerio MastandreaEnrico Giusti
Hadas YaronHadas YaronAvinoam
Giuseppe BattistonGiuseppe BattistonCarlo Bernini
Filippo De CarliFilippo De CarliFilippo Lievi
Maurizio DonadoniMaurizio DonadoniZio Umberto
Teco CelioTeco CelioBernini Sr.
Daniele De AngelisDaniele De AngelisNicola Giusti
Maurizio LastricoMaurizio LastricoIvano
Paolo BrigugliaPaolo BrigugliaMatteo Borghi
Domenico DieleDomenico Dieleassistente di Bernini
Matteo MartariMatteo MartariGuido
Paola CalliariPaola CalliariCaterina
Camilla MartiniCamilla Lievi

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