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Andreotti and wife watch what on tv?


Andreotti and his wife watch a cheesy Italian pop song on television.
Does anyone know the name of the song and artist??

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The lyrics were what made the scene so funny, because they give Mrs. Andreotti an epiphany. After listening for half a minute, she looks at her husband with a horrified "what the hell am I married to?" expression on her face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyk3YqqPXk

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Yes, that's one of my favourite scenes in the movie.
I actually think there is more than horror in her eyes. In a minute or two, and with no dialogue, there is so much going on between them.
Here is my take:
first, she looks at him lovingly, her expression sweetens - perhaps she's thinking of the "best years of their life" (as the song goes) what they shared when they were younger, their children...
then the focus moves on the unappealing details on his aged face... and her eyes grow colder...
I thought Anna Bonaiuti was very intense in that scene

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I agree, although I think she becomes colder because realizes she doesn't know Giulio one bit despite being together for 40 years, and probably thinks "the best years of our life..what years? what life?" which seems plausible seeing Andreotti is portrayed as a man who dedicated all his life to politics

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It's "I migliori anni della nostra vita" (Best years of our lives) by Renato Zero, a pop singer very famous in Italy, he also provided Jack Skellington's singing and speaking voice in the italian version of "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

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Thank you for the input, aragorn!

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