The Santa Claus Gang

The Santa Claus Gang
The Santa Claus Gang
	Film poster
Italian	La banda dei Babbi Natale
Directed by	Paolo Genovese
Starring	Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
Release date	17 December 2010;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Santa Claus Gang (Italian: La banda dei Babbi Natale) is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Genovese.^[2]

Plot[]

During Christmas Eve, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo are arrested for home burglary. As the three were dressed as Santa Claus, the police think they are the Santa Claus Gang, a group of wanted thieves. During the night, they narrate a small but significant portion of their lives during the interrogation, until the real Santa Claus Gang is caught.

Cast[]

Aldo Baglio as Aldo
Giovanni Storti as Giovanni
Giacomo Poretti as Giacomo
Angela Finocchiaro as Irene Bestetti
Giovanni Esposito as Benemerita
[it] as Elisa
[it] as Monica
Antonia Liskova as Veronica
[it] as Marta
Mara Maionchi as Giovanni's mother-in-law
Giorgio Colangeli as Veronica's father
Cochi Ponzoni as Terlizzi
Massimo Popolizio as the junk dealer
Remo Remotti as the tramp

Accolades[]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2011	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actress	Angela Finocchiaro	Nominated	^[3]
			Paolo Genovese	Nominated
		Best Score	Franco Serafini and Massimiliano Pani	Nominated

References[]

^ Genovese. "La banda dei Babbi Natale". Cineuropa (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "La banda dei Babbi Natale". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "La banda dei Babbi Natale Premi vinti e nomination". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links[]

The Santa Claus Gang at IMDb

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[1] Genovese. "La banda dei Babbi Natale". Cineuropa (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[2] "La banda dei Babbi Natale". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[comingsoon-3] "La banda dei Babbi Natale Premi vinti e nomination". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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v t Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
Aldo Baglio Giovanni Storti Giacomo Poretti
Films	Three Men and a Leg (1997) That's Life (1998) Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000) The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002) Do You Know Claudia? (2004) Il cosmo sul comò (2008) The Santa Claus Gang (2010) The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler (2014) Fuga da Reuma Park (2016) I Hate Summer (2020)
Stage shows	I corti di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo (1996) Tel chi el telùn (1999) Potevo rimanere offeso! (2001) Anplagghed (2006) Ammutta muddica (2012) The Best of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo (2016)
Related	All the Moron's Men Mai dire Gol Marina Massironi Massimo Venier

The Santa Claus Gang
Film poster

Italian	La banda dei Babbi Natale

Directed by	Paolo Genovese
Starring	Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
Release date	17 December 2010 (2010-12-17)^[1]
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

v t Films directed by Paolo Genovese
A Neapolitan Spell¹ (2002) Sorry, You Can't Get Through!¹ (2005) This Night Is Still Ours¹ (2008) The Santa Claus Gang (2010) The Immature (2011) The Immature: The Trip (2012) A Perfect Family (2012) Tutta colpa di Freud (2014) Ever Been to the Moon? (2015) Perfect Strangers (2016) The Place (2017)
¹ co-directed with Luca Miniero.