2023 Italian Contemporary Film Series: Io sono Babbo Natale (I Am Santa Claus)

Genre: Comedy | Directed by Edoardo Falcone

Cast: Marco Giallini, Gigi Proietti, Barbara Ronchi, Antonio Gerardi, and with Daniele Pecci

Plot: Ettore has spent the last five years in prison for a robbery. Upon his release, he has nowhere to go; his wife broke up with him and doesn’t want him to meet their little daughter who was born right before he was arrested. Alone and desperate, Ettore roams the streets of Rome and meets a strange old man, Nicola. He decides to take advantage of him and rob him. But after breaking into his house, Ettore realizes Nicola doesn’t have anything worth stealing. What’s more, the old man tells him that he is Santa Claus…