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Hold-up à l'italienne
Hold-up à l'italienne is a 2008 French television film directed and written by Claude-Michel Rome and starring Astrid Veillon, Bruno Wolkowitch, Étienne Chicot and Claudia Cardinale. The 96 minute action comedy was produced by Aubes Productions, AT-Production, and Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF).
opposite Alexandra Lamy and Bruno Salomone, in a role which Patrick Besson described as "atrocious". After a role in the TV movie "Hold-up à l'italienne" (2008), the following year Cardinale starred in the critically acclaimed "The String", playing a Tunisian mother who has a tempestuous relationship with her French-educated gay son. Michael D. Klemm of cinemaqueer.com reflected on how the film broke many of the taboos with interracial sexuality and homosexuality. He praised Cardinale's "terrific" acting and portrayal of