| Benvenuti al Nord | |
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| Directed by | Luca Miniero |
| Written by | Luca Miniero, Fabio Bonifacci (fromDany Boon) |
| Produced by | Riccardo Tozzi |
| Starring | Claudio Bisio Alessandro Siani Angela Finocchiaro Valentina Lodovini |
| Music by | Umberto Scipione |
| Distributed by | Medusa Film |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian, Neapolitan and Northern dialect, French |
Benvenuti al Nord (eng: "Welcome to the North") is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed byLuca Miniero.
It is the sequel of the high-grossing filmBenvenuti al Sud.[1][2] It was a commercial success, earning more than 27 million euros during its Italian theatrical release;[3] it had the third best opening in Italian market history.[4]
While Alberto is back in his beloved northernItaly inMilan, his friend Mattia is still inNaples with his friends. He has problems with his wife Maria, because she wants him to take his postal job seriously, now that the two have a son to look after. Then after a dispute, Mattia decides to transfer to northern Italy, in the town ofPordenone. Mattia appears to be willing to leave his little town, but as soon as the transfer comes through, he begins to despair. Many locals offer their opinions; his wise old mother tells him that the people in northern Italy are terribly cold and cruel. Mattia is slightly reassured and in the blink of an eye is in Milan, a whole new world for him as a citizen of the South. Alberto welcomes him very coldly because he is in big trouble. The director of Milan's largest postal company intends to provide Italy with a whole new economic plan fromJapan to modify thepostal service. Mattia starts working in the post office where Alberto is the deputy director, but he soon realizes how different the local mentality is: people are not like that back home.
Much likeBenvenuti al Sud, this film ironically jokes about the differences and diversity from the South to the North of Italy, occasionally challenging and often confirming these stereotypes.