| Uncle Nino |
| Release Date: February 11th, 2005 (Limited)
Director: Bob Shallcross Writer: Bob Shallcross Starring: Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Trevor Morgan, Gina Mantegna, Pierrino Mascarino Genre: Drama Official Website: uncleninothemovie.com Rated: none Running Time: unknown |
| An elderly Italian peasant, Uncle Nino (Pierrino Mascarino) comes to America for the first time to spend some time with his nephew, Robert Micelli (Joan of Arcadia's Joe Mantegna), and his family. With his violin, a suitcase full of homemade wine, and a photo of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, in tow, Nino expects to be embraced by the country of his dreams. What he discovers instead is a place of take-out food, manicured lawns, teen smoking, processed vegetables, and a barely communicative family---each disconnected from the others, caught up in lives of multi-tasking... |