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All Roads Lead to Rome

All Roads Lead to Rome

Sometimes first love deserves a second chance...

20165.01h 30m

Overview

Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village where she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother Carmen. Summer (missing her “bad boy” boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca’s wishes to MARCELINO, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca’s car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other.

Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Written by Josh Appignanesi, Cindy Myers
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Top Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Maggie

Paz Vega

Paz Vega

Giulia Carni

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Carmen

Raoul Bova

Raoul Bova

Luca

Rosie Day

Rosie Day

Summer

Nadir Caselli

Nadir Caselli

Valentina

Marco Bonini

Marco Bonini

Inspector Moravia

Shel Shapiro

Shel Shapiro

Marcellino

W

Walter D'Errico

Romolo

Gianclaudio Caretta

Gianclaudio Caretta

Orazio

Themes & Keywords

rome, italydysfunctional familyroad tripweddingwoman director

About All Roads Lead to Rome

All Roads Lead to Rome is a comedy, romance film released in 2016 exploring themes of rome, italy, dysfunctional family, road trip, wedding, woman director. Directed by Ella Lemhagen, it stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Paz Vega, Claudia Cardinale. Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village where she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother Carmen. Summer (missing her “bad boy” boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca’s wishes to MARCELINO, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca’s car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other.

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