Mambo Italiano

Angelo Barberini is a young Italian-Canadian man living with his parents, Maria and Gino, in Montreal. They moved from Italy in the 1950s and raised a family around their son, so they take his decision to move into a place of his own badly. Their worries ease when Nino, a childhood friend and a policeman, becomes his roommate. The arrangement suits Angelo, who is trying to keep his relationship with Nino hidden from his parents, but the truth eventually reaches the family and turns their household upside down. The story follows the fallout inside a close-knit immigrant community where everyone knows everyone.

Mambo Italiano is a Canadian comedy from 2003, directed by Émile Gaudreault, who wrote the screenplay with Steve Galluccio. It was the first film Gaudreault directed, ahead of Surviving My Mother, Compulsive Liar and Compulsive Liar 2. Luke Kirby plays Angelo, with Ginette Reno and Paul Sorvino as his parents, and Mary Walsh, Peter Miller and Claudia Ferri in supporting roles.

Made for about 5 million US dollars, the film took roughly 9 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.7/10 from around 7,200 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6/10 from about 99 votes. A critics' rating of 4.9/10 from 73 reviews places it below the audience scores, though the vote counts on the audience side remain modest.