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