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Gelato (2005) Of course first will be Roman Holiday. If you mention
gelato, how can you forget the one film that made this
52 Minutes/ Documentary/ English delicious Italian cuisine famous in one night. The gelato

store Giolitti which Peck and Hepburn visited while film-
This is a documentary film that talks about the past ing Roman Holiday, is the real treasure in Italy, this store
and the future of gelato. It discovers the origin of gelato has a history of a hundred years, even presidents of
in Italy and how it all began in a small town named Zoldo, United States and the Pope like it a lot.
then slowly spread across the whole Europe. How it
changed from children’s dessert to everybody’s favorite
sweet. Also it talks about the successful stories of Häagen-
Dazs and Ben & Jerry. In addition, Robin Weir, an English
biologist, a remarkable ice cream historian talkes about
the stories of gelato from world history events etc.. Besides
that, this documentary also interviewed a lot of people
who are very passionate about gelato. Like the gelato mak-
ing company Corrado Brustolon, which has a very long
history, and the Minghella family, who brought gelato into
the Isle of Wight. This documentary film surely can be
called the most professional one.

Movies 105 Minutes| Comedy| Italian/English
Maccheroni (1985)

Despite all the documentaries made about gelato, Jack Lemmon plays a successful, physically exhaust-
this icy treat has also been shown in various movies as a ed American businessman, going through a divorce, who
symbol of love, friendship, nostalgy and even political visits Naples, Italy, to see his family after a long time away.
changes. Let’s get some gelato and watch or rewatch these He gathers with relatives and friends and as in any other
Italian classics. comedy classic you cannot escape ironic and confusing
scenes that will make you laugh out loud. For the main
character, gelato represents home and the life he used
to have, that’s why he eats it together with an old friend
and throw gelato into each other like they are back in
their childhood.

Roman Holiday (1953)

118 Minutes/Romance / English

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