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What's Cooking?
Why this pick
Its holiday-meal structure similarly moves among multiple guests and families, finding comedy and emotional friction in conversations that gradually expose private pressures.
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MOVIE1998 2h 6m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fanny Ardant
Flora
Antonio Catania
Mago Adam
Eleonora Danco
figlia di Isabella
Riccardo Garrone
Diomede
Vittorio Gassman
maestro Pezzullo
Giancarlo Giannini
il professore
Nello Mascia
Minini
Adalberto Maria Merli
capo comico