Genre: Romantic Comedy

Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Director: Carlo Verdone

Cast: Carlo Verdone, Silvio Muccino, Ana Caterina Morariu, Agnese Nano, Sara Bertela

Released: 2006

Duration: 108 Minutes

Rating: M contains offensive language and sexual references

Distribution: Palace Films

Italian smash hit ‘My best enemy’, is a delightful comedy that reunites actor-director Carlo Verdone with his ‘Manual of love’ co-star Silvio Muccino (also co-writer) in a hilarious tale of two nemeses coming together for the love of a girl: one of them her boyfriend, the other her father.

Achille (Verdone), the CEO of a hotel chain owned by his wife and brother-in-law, accuses one of his employees of stealing and fires her on the spot. She cries to her son, Orfeo (Muccino), who urges Achilles to rehire his mother - to no avail - then decides he is going to ruin the adulterous Achilles' life. Along the way, Orfeo falls in love with the beautiful but troubled Cecilia, Achilles' daughter.

Verdone is at his madcap best. Playing alongside the heart-throb Muccino, Verdone contrives to turn every situation into a disaster. Of course this was not his intent, but he has created the most complex of characters and cannot help but come unstuck, everywhere.

Nominated for 12 David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards 2006 including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Producer, Best Production Design, Best Screenplay, Best Sound and the David of the Youth Award.

“Pairing Italian king of comedy Carlo Verdone and rising star Silvio Muccino in a light laugher with a serious underbelly. The chemistry works just fine in a fluidly told, cross-generational tale about the destructiveness of making enemies and the importance of family.” Deborah Young, Variety