My Name is Tanino
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My Name is Tanino is a 2002 comedy film
directed by Paolo Virzì
. The picaresque plot
is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist met in Sicily and decides to track her down in the United States.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì is a film director, writer and producer. He is one of the most acclaimed storytellers for the screen and is considered to be one of the major heirs of the Italian-style comedy film tradition.-Biography:...
. The picaresque plot
Picaresque novel
The picaresque novel is a popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts, in realistic and often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society...
is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist met in Sicily and decides to track her down in the United States.