Welcome to the North
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
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- Cast：
- Claudio Bisio , Alessandro Siani , Angela Finocchiaro , Valentina Lodovini , Nando Paone , Nunzia Schiano , Salvatore Misticone
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Brilliant and touching
Best movie ever!
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Only a few sequels can stick the great success of the first movie nowadays. Benvenuti al Nord is not so bad but there is nothing new here. I saw many jokes and typical situations of the Italian north in Milan. Some original scenes rounded this second part up. I think in the last one there were also some ridiculous scenes but these didn't slow down the dynamic. As an Italian I understood the funny dialogs in dialect so that I spent a real entertaining time. It's much more enjoyable if you see it in the origin language version with subtitles. But I cannot imagine that there would be ever a third part. I suppose the ideas are sold out for the next one. Thumbs up for Alessandro Siani and Claudio Bisio that delivered for a second time a very convincing and respectable performance. 4 out 10.
The Italian version of the Danny Boon WELCCOME TO THE STICKS was, if anything, an improvement on the original and just to buck a trend the sequel to that one manages to up hold the standard and come up with a nice twist.Transferred to Milan after an argument with his fellow postal worker wife Lodovini, Siani undergoes a personality swap with gung ho Northerner friend Bisio. The wife comes to the city convinced that her easy going husband isn't so easily corrupted and they are pulling the same kind of faking that the Southerners went in for, when making convincing Bisio's made up story about their harsh life. Her faith in her man is a nice touch.The participants are largely unknown in the English speaking market but are all on top of their game and what they deliver is a good looking comedy with some nice flourishes.The one takes play out song is one.