Christmas on the Nile

Natale sul Nilo
Directed by	Neri Parenti
Written by	Neri Parenti, Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Lorenzo De Luca, Andrea Margiotta
Produced by	Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis
Starring	Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, I Fichi d'India, Paolo Conticini
Cinematography	Gianlorenzo Battaglia
Edited by	Luca Montanari
Music by	Bruno Zambrini
Production company	Cinecittà
Distributed by	Filmauro Home Video
Release date	2002
Running time	103 min
Country	Italy – Egypt – Hispania – United Kingdom
Language	Italian
Box office	28M euros

Natale sul Nilo (Christmas on the Nile) is a 2002 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. In Italy this film was a huge commercial success, grossing 28,302,293 euros.

Plot

The Roman lawyer Fabio Ciulla goes on holiday to Egypt. He is pursuing his wife, whom he has repeatedly betrayed, in an attempt to persuade her to forgive him. The police sergeant Enrico Ombroni also travels to the land of the Pharaohs with a guard (Biagio Izzo) to get his young daughter away from a musical group of which she is a fan. The two protagonists meet in Egypt for an exchange of misunderstandings, since Ciulla by mistake has a love affair with a young girl while his wife forgives him. The girl is engaged to the son of Ciulla, who plans to get rid of the tangle by a clever ruse. Meanwhile Ombroni's daughter runs away with the crew of her favorite musical group, who have come to Egypt to shoot an exotic video.

Cast

• Christian De Sica: Avv. Fabio Ciulla
• Massimo Boldi: Gen. Enrico Ombroni
• Fichi d'India: Max & Bruno
• Enzo Salvi: Oscar Tufello
• Biagio Izzo: Mar. Gennaro Saltalaquaglia
• Mabel Lozano: Gianna Ciulla
• Nuria de la Fuente: Paola Rampelli
• Paolo Conticini: Capitan
• Manu Fullola: Marco Ciulla
• Lucrezia Piaggio:Lorella Ombroni
• Iuliana Ierugan: show girl A
• Kimberly Greene: show girl B
• Gloria Anselmi: show girl C
• Luisella Tuttavilla: show girl D
• Maria De Filippi: herself