# Denti

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2000 Italian film

Denti Directed by Gabriele Salvatores Cinematography Italo Petriccione Music by Teho Teardo Eraldo Bernocchi Federico De Robertis Release date 2000 (2000) Country Italy Language Italian

***Denti*** (*Teeth*) is a 2000 Italian comedy-drama film directed by [Gabriele Salvatores](/source/Gabriele_Salvatores). It is based on the novel with the same name written by [Domenico Starnone](/source/Domenico_Starnone).[1] It entered the competition at the [57th Venice International Film Festival](/source/57th_Venice_International_Film_Festival).[2][3]

## Plot

Antonio has always had problems with his incisors: enormous and therefore embarrassing. During a quarrel Mara, the woman for whom he left his wife and two children and of whom he is extremely jealous, throws him a crystal ashtray breaking his teeth. He begins his wandering among dentists that will turn into a sort of journey in his own conscience, altered by painkillers, by quarrels with Mara and by memories and ghosts that resurface.[4]

## Cast

- [Sergio Rubini](/source/Sergio_Rubini) as Antonio

- [Anita Caprioli](/source/Anita_Caprioli) as Mara

- [Paolo Villaggio](/source/Paolo_Villaggio) as Dr. Cagnano

- [Claudio Amendola](/source/Claudio_Amendola) as Young Antonio

- [Anouk Grinberg](/source/Anouk_Grinberg) as Mother of Antonio

- [Fabrizio Bentivoglio](/source/Fabrizio_Bentivoglio) as Uncle Nino

- [Tom Novembre](/source/Tom_Novembre): as Micco

- [Angela Goodwin](/source/Angela_Goodwin) as Ciuta

- [Barbara Cupisti](/source/Barbara_Cupisti) as Dr. Calandra's Secretary

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vfk_1-0)** Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. *Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film*. Gremese Editore, 2002.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Claudia Mormoglione (1 September 2000). ["Tra trapani e sangue Salvatores convince a metà"](http://www.repubblica.it/online/mostra_di_venezia/denti/denti/denti.html?ref=search). *la re*. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Paolo Baratta (10 September 2000). "VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN". *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)*. p. 12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Denti (2000)"](http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/film/denti/121551/).

## External links

- [*Denti*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221115/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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