What a Beautiful Day
An overconfident Milanese security guard becomes an easy target for a terrorist plot and a deceptive seduction at the city's cathedral.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- irreverent
- witty
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- group comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Checco confidently pursues police work and cathedral security despite repeated failures and disastrous judgment.
Sufien's planned attack and Farah's attempted manipulation place Checco's provincial assumptions and opportunism at the center of the comedy.
Sufien sends his charming sister Farah to seduce Checco so he can exploit Checco's gullibility.
Checco fails the police entrance exam while openly citing benefits and cronyism, then obtains a security job through connections.
Films like What a Beautiful Day, and why
Quo Vado?
broad Italian comedy, fish-out-of-water humor, and an inept protagonist whose self-confidence exceeds his competence
Welcome to the South
Italian popular comedy driven by an outsider's comic misunderstandings, social satire, and warm commercial entertainment
The Visitors
irreverent European comedy combining cultural misunderstandings, romantic manipulation, and an awkward central character
Movie Details
- Director
- Gennaro Nunziante
- Release Date
- 2011-01-05
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (1586)
Cast
- Checco Zalone
- Nabiha Akkari
- Rocco Papaleo
- Tullio Solenghi
- Anna Rita Del Piano
- Michele Alhaique
- Mehdi Mahdloo
- Anna Bellato
- Ivano Marescotti
- Herbert Ballerina
Common questions
- What is What a Beautiful Day about?
- An overconfident Milanese security guard becomes an easy target for a terrorist plot and a deceptive seduction at the city's cathedral.
- What is What a Beautiful Day like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What a Beautiful Day as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is What a Beautiful Day violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in What a Beautiful Day.
- Which films are like What a Beautiful Day?
- Films with a similar feel include Quo Vado?, Welcome to the South, and The Visitors.
- How long is What a Beautiful Day?
- What a Beautiful Day runs 92 minutes.
