ePrivacy and GPDR Cookie Consent management by TermsFeed Privacy Generator I Am Santa Claus | The locations of the movie on Italy for Movies
cineturismo, location, cinema, turismo, film tourism, movie tour, Io sono Babbo Natale, ultimo film di Gigi Proietti, Gigi Proietti, Marco Giallini, I Am Santa Claus, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus, Nicola Natalino, Roma, Rome, slitta, gazometro, Colosseo, Vittoriano, campidoglio

I Am Santa Claus

Genre

Film comedy

Cast

Marco Giallini, Gigi Proietti, Barbara Ronchi, Daniele Pecci, Antonio Gerardi, Simone Colombari, Alice Adamu, Lorenzo Gioielli, Fabrizio Giannini, Giorgia Salari, Massimo Vanni, Lucia Batassa, Gianni Franco, Stefano Scandaletti, Tiziano Carnevale, Sergio Gorga, Lorenzo Salpini, Natalia Magni

Directed by

Edoardo Falcone

I Am Santa Claus

Genre

Film comedy

Cast

Marco Giallini, Gigi Proietti, Barbara Ronchi, Daniele Pecci, Antonio Gerardi, Simone Colombari, Alic

Directed by

Edoardo Falcone
Save
Share

Where it was filmed 'I Am Santa Claus'

The historical centre of Rome is recognisable when Ettore Magni, a former prisoner played by Marco Giallini, walks alone along the river Tiber to his former companions’ barge after his release from the prison of Regina Coeli. Rejected by his ex-wife and with no place to go, Ettore is preparing to spend the cold night (it is almost Christmas) on a bench when an unexpected gift takes him to the home of Mr. Nicola Natalizi (Gigi Proietti) who, somewhat naively, welcomes Ettore in and reveals that he is none other than Father Christmas having left the cold of Lapland fifty years earlier for Rome where he enjoys life “except for the smog, traffic, rubbish, holes, public transport…

Ettore’s scepticism becomes wonder when he boards Father Christmas’ ultra-modern sleigh and is taken on a thrilling aerial journey over the Eternal City and its monuments: from the gazometro it hovers over the Colosseum, the Campidoglio and the Vittoriano, the Basilica of St. Peters and its dome and the bridges over the Tiber. In seconds the magic sleigh is in Paris, then London.

The ex-convict gradually considers the possibility of taking over from Nicola and the pair discuss the idea on a bench by the lake of Villa Borghese with the temple of Aesculapius behind them. Ettore discovers to his cost that the path to redemption is not as simple and linear as it might seem and that being Father Christmas is about more than costumes.

Where it was filmed 'I Am Santa Claus'

The historical centre of Rome is recognisable when Ettore Magni, a former prisoner played by Marco Giallini, walks alone along the river Tiber to his former companions’ barge after his release from the prison of Regina Coeli. Rejected by his ex-wife and with no place to go, Ettore is preparing to spend the cold night (it is almost Christmas) on a bench when an unexpected gift takes him to the home of Mr. Nicola Natalizi (Gigi Proietti) who, somewhat naively, welcomes Ettore in and reveals that he is none other than Father Christmas having left the cold of Lapland fifty years earlier for Rome where he enjoys life “except for the smog, traffic, rubbish, holes, public transport…

Ettore’s scepticism becomes wonder when he boards Father Christmas’ ultra-modern sleigh and is taken on a thrilling aerial journey over the Eternal City and its monuments: from the gazometro it hovers over the Colosseum, the Campidoglio and the Vittoriano, the Basilica of St. Peters and its dome and the bridges over the Tiber. In seconds the magic sleigh is in Paris, then London.

The ex-convict gradually considers the possibility of taking over from Nicola and the pair discuss the idea on a bench by the lake of Villa Borghese with the temple of Aesculapius behind them. Ettore discovers to his cost that the path to redemption is not as simple and linear as it might seem and that being Father Christmas is about more than costumes.

Browse the gallery

Data sheet

Genre
Film comedy
Directed by
Edoardo Falcone
Cast
Marco Giallini, Gigi Proietti, Barbara Ronchi, Daniele Pecci, Antonio Gerardi, Simone Colombari, Alice Adamu, Lorenzo Gioielli, Fabrizio Giannini, Giorgia Salari, Massimo Vanni, Lucia Batassa, Gianni Franco, Stefano Scandaletti, Tiziano Carnevale, Sergio Gorga, Lorenzo Salpini, Natalia Magni
Country of production
Italy
Year
2021
Production

Lucky Red, 3 Marys Entertaiment, Rai Cinema

Plot
Ettore is a former prisoner whose life has been turbulent and inconclusive. He has no great options except to continue as a thief. This is how he ends up at the house belonging to Nicola, a pleasant man with nothing worth stealing. However, he has a bizarre revelation for Ettore: he says that he is Father Christmas.

The locations

Lungotevere – Rome
Region: Lazio Type: River Territory: Historical centre, City
Archaeological Park of the Colosseum
Region: Lazio Type: Archaeological site Territory: Historical centre, City
Piazza del Campidoglio – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Square Territory: Historical centre, City, Hill
Rome
Region: Lazio Type: City Territory: Historical centre, City, Suburbs
Vittoriano – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Monument Territory: Historical centre

Discover the works shot in the same places

All works
007 — Spectre
Spy film
Directed by: Sam Mendes
10 giorni con i suoi
Film comedy
Directed by: Alessandro Genovesi
A casa tutti bene
Tv serie - 2 seasons
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
ACAB
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Michele Alhaique
Adagio
Film drama
Directed by: Stefano Sollima
Angels & Demons
Action film, thriller
Directed by: Ron Howard
Another End
Film drama
Directed by: Piero Messina
Blanga – Series
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Emanuele Scaringi, Phaim Bhuiyan
Bassifondi
Film drama
Directed by: Francesco Pividori
Welcome Back Mr. President
Film comedy
Directed by: Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe Stasi
The great ambition
Biographical film
Directed by: Andrea Segre
Blood and Treasure
Tv series – 4 episodes
Directed by: Stephen Boyum, Tawnia McKiernann, Michael Dinner
Book Club - The Next Chapter
Film comedy
Directed by: Bill Holderman
Brado
Film drama
Directed by: Kim Rossi Stuart
Good morning, night
Film drammatico
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
There Is Still Tomorrow
Film drama
Directed by: Paola Cortellesi
Call My Agent - Italy
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Luca Ribuoli
Caro diario (Dear Diary)
Film comedy
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
Cattiva coscienza
Film comedy
Directed by: Davide Minnella
Christian
Tv serie - 2 seasons
Directed by: Stefano Lodovichi, Roberto Saku Cinardi
Circeo
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Andrea Molaioli
Citadel: Diana
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Arnaldo Catinari
The Commander
Film drama
Directed by: Edoardo De Angelis
Like Sheep Among Wolves
Film drama
Directed by: Lyda Patitucci
Like a Cat on a Highway
Film comedy
Directed by: Riccardo Milani
Come un gatto in tangenziale - Ritorno a Coccia di Morto
Film comedy
Directed by: Riccardo Milani
Trust
Film drama
Directed by: Daniele Luchetti
Coppia aperta quasi spalancata
Film comedy
Directed by: Federica Di Giacomo
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Film drama
Directed by: Francesco Bruni
Sacred Heart
Film drama
Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek
Off the tower
Film drama
Directed by: Francesco Frangipane
My Summer With The Shark
Film drama
Directed by: Davide Gentile
Diabolik - Ginko all'attacco!
Film thriller
Directed by: Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti
Diabolik — Who Are You?
Film thriller
Directed by: Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti
Diamanti
Film drama
Directed by: Ferzan Özpetek
Ten Minutes
Film drama
Directed by: Maria Sole Tognazzi
Disclaimer
Tv series - 7 episodes
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Domina
Tv series – 2 seasons, 16 episodes
Directed by: Claire McCarthy, David Evans, Debs Paterson
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
Side-scrolling beat 'em up
Double Soul
Film thriller
Directed by: Valerio Esposito
È arrivata la felicità
TV series – 24 episodes
Directed by: Riccardo Milani, Francesco Vicario
El Paraíso
Film drama
Directed by: Enrico Maria Artale
Emily in Paris
Tv series - 4 seasons - 40 episodes
Enea
Film drama
Directed by: Pietro Castellitto
Eo
Film drama
Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski
One Day at a Time
Film comedy
Directed by: Alessandro Aronadio
Directed by: Marco Martani
Exterior Night
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Ex – Amici come prima!
Film comedy
Directed by: Carlo Vanzina
The tearsmith
Film drama
Directed by: Alessandro Genovesi
Sweet Dreams
Film drama, biographical
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Familia
Film drama
Directed by: Francesco Costabile
Ghosts of Rome
Film comedy
Directed by: Antonio Pietrangeli
Fast X
Film action thriller
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Fatal Fury 2 (Game)
Fighting game
Felicità
Film drama
Directed by: Micaela Ramazzotti
Love and Anarchy
Film drama
Directed by: Lina Wertmüller
Forever Young
Film comedy
Directed by: Fausto Brizzi
Freaks Out
Period film, fantasy
Directed by: Gabriele Mainetti
Girasoli
Film drama
Directed by: Catrinel Marlon
The Best Years
Film drama
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Gli immortali
Film drama
Directed by: Anne-Riitta Ciccone
Gomorrah 5
TV series - 10 episodes
Directed by: Marco D'Amore - Claudio Cupellini
Gran Turismo Sport
Racing game
Grand Tour. Viaggio in Italia
Docuseries - 6 episodes
Grazie ragazzi
Film comedy
Directed by: Riccardo Milani
Grosso guaio all’Esquilino: la leggenda del Kung Fu
Film comedy
Directed by: YouNuts! (Niccolò Celaia, Antonio Usbergo)
War and Peace
Period film
Directed by: King Vidor
Hanno ucciso l'Uomo Ragno - La leggendaria storia degli 883
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Sydney Sibilia, Francesco Ebbasta, Alice Filippi
House of Gucci
Biographical film
Directed by: Ridley Scott
The two Popes
Biographical film
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
I limoni d'inverno
Film drama
Directed by: Film drammatico
Medici — The Magnificent
Tv series – 8 episodes
Directed by: Jon Cassar, Jan Maria Michelini
I migliori giorni
Film comedy
Directed by: Massimiliano Bruno, Edoardo Leo
The Predators
Film drama
Directed by: Pietro Castellitto
I Vitelloni
Film comedy
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Bad Poet
Biographical film
Directed by: Gianluca Jodice
Il Clandestino
Tv series - 12 episodes
Directed by: Rolando Ravello
Il Conte di Montecristo
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Bille August
The Body
Film thriller
Directed by: Vincenzo Alfieri
The General's Men
Tv series - 4 episodes
Directed by: Lucio Pellegrini
The Best Century of My Life
Film comedy
Directed by: Alessandro Bardani
The First Day of My Life
Film drama
Directed by: Paolo Genovese
Il principe di Roma
Film comedy, period film
Directed by: Edoardo Falcone
The Dew Point
Film drama
Directed by: Marco Risi
Il sesso degli angeli
Film comedy
Directed by: Leonardo Pieraccioni
A Brighter Tomorrow
Film comedy
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Film drama
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Il tempo che ci vuole
Film drama
Directed by: Francesca Comencini
Imma Tataranni – Sostituto procuratore
TV series - 3 seasons, 18 episodes
Directed by: Francesco Amato
Indagine su una storia d’amore
Film drama
Directed by: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
I Am the Abyss
Film thriller
Directed by: Donato Carrisi
What a life!
Film comedy
Directed by: Giuseppe Battiston
Hypersleep
Film thriller
Directed by: Alberto Mascia
Koza Nostra
Film comedy
Directed by: Giovanni Dota
The Feast
Film comedy
Directed by: Mimmo Calopresti
L'Alligatore
Tv series – 4 episodes
Directed by: Daniele Vicari, Emanuele Scaringi
The Family Friend
Film drama
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
L'amore e altre seghe mentali
Film comedy
Directed by: Giampaolo Morelli
L'anima in pace
Film drama
Directed by: Ciro Formisano
L'immensità
Film drama
Directed by: Emanuele Crialese
Caravaggio’s Shadow
Film drama
Directed by: Michele Placido
The American backyard
Film drama
Directed by: Pupi Avati
L'ultima volta che siamo stati bambini
Film comedy
Directed by: Claudio Bisio
The Hunt
Film thriller
Directed by: Marco Bocci
La casa degli sguardi
Film drama
Directed by: Luca Zingaretti
Two Women
Film drama
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
The Fortune Goddess
Film drama
Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek
La dolce vita
Film drama
Directed by: Federico Fellini
The Great Beauty
Film drama
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
The best of Youth
FIlm drama
Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
My House is Full of Mirrors
TV mini-series - 2 episodes
Directed by: Vittorio Sindoni
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
Film drama
Directed by: Pupi Avati
La Storia
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Francesca Archibugi
Bicycle Thieves
Film drama
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Lamborghini: The man behind the legend
Film drama
Directed by: Bobby Moresco
Breaking up in Rome
Film comedy
Directed by: Edoardo Leo
Le Déluge
Period film
Directed by: Gianluca Jodice
The Ignorant Angels
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Ferzan Özpetek
Reading Lolita in Teheran
Film drama
Directed by: Eran Riklis
We Still Talk
Film drama
Directed by: Pupi Avati
They Call Me Jeeg
Film drama, action
Directed by: Gabriele Mainetti
The White Sheik
Film comedy
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Loro 1
Biographical film
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Them Who?
Comedy film
Directed by: Francesco Micciché, Fabio Bonifacci
Love & Gelato
Film comedy
Directed by: Brandon Camp
Lovely Boy
Film drama
Directed by: Francesco Lettieri
Made in Italy
Film drama
Directed by: Luciano Ligabue
Magnificent Presence
Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek
Sirley
Film drama
Directed by: Elisa Amoruso
Eat Pray Love
Film drama
Directed by: Ryan Murphy
Marcel!
Film drama
Directed by: Jasmine Trinca
Marcello mio
Film drama
Directed by: Christophe Honoré
Maria Montessori - La nouvelle femme
Biographical film
Directed by: Léa Todorov
Mia
Film drama
Directed by: Ivano De Matteo
Midnight Caravan
Visual novel/Adventure
Mindemic
Film drama
Directed by: Giovanni Basso
Miss Fallaci
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Luca Ribuoli, Giacomo Martelli, Alessandra Gonnella
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
Spy Film
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Muti
Film action thriller
Directed by: George Gallo, Francesco Cinquemani, Luca Giliberto
My Spy - The Eternal City
Action movie
Directed by: Pete Segal
Noi
Tv series - 12 episodes
Directed by: Luca Ribuoli
The Legendary Giulia and other Miracles
Film comedy
Directed by: Edoardo Leo
Noi siamo leggenda
Tv series - 12 episodes
Directed by: Carmine Elia
All you need is crime
Film comedy
Directed by: Massimiliano Bruno
Non ci resta che il crimine - La serie
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Massimiliano Bruno, Alessio Maria Federici
Non è un paese per giovani
Film comedy
Directed by: Giovanni Veronesi
Non riattaccare
Film drama
Directed by: Manfredi Lucibello
I am not what I am
Film drama
Directed by: Edoardo Leo
Notti in bianco, baci a colazione
Film comedy
Directed by: Francesco Mandelli
Nuovo Olimpo
Film drama
Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek
Dark Glasses
Film thriller, horror
Directed by: Dario Argento
The First Omen
Film horror
Directed by: Arkasha Stevenson
Pare parecchio Parigi
Film comedy
Directed by: Leonardo Pieraccioni
Per Elisa - Il caso Claps
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Marco Pontecorvo
Per il mio bene
Film drama
Directed by: Mimmo Verdesca
Perfect Strangers
Comedy film
Directed by: Paolo Genovese
Petra
Tv series – 2 seasons
Directed by: Maria Sole Tognazzi
Power of Rome
Documentary
Directed by: Giovanni Troilo
Promises
Film drama
Directed by: Amanda Sthers
Quando
Film drama
Directed by: Walter Veltroni
Almost home
Film drama
Directed by: Carolina Pavone
My summer with Irène
Film drama
Directed by: Carlo Sironi
This World Can't Tear Me Down
TV series – 6 episodes
Directed by: Zerocalcare
Radhe Shyam
Film drama, sentimental
Directed by: K.K. Radhakrishna Kumar
Raphael – The Lord of Arts
Documentary – Art
Directed by: Luca Viotto
Robbing Mussolini
Film comedy
Directed by: Renato De Maria
Kidnapped
Film drama
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Reality
Film drama
Directed by: Matteo Garrone
Red Notice
Film action
Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rido perché ti amo
Film comedy
Directed by: Paolo Ruffini
Ripley
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
Ritorno al crimine
Film comedy
Directed by: Massimiliano Bruno
Romantic Girls
Film comedy
Directed by: Pilar Fogliati
Rome Reborn
Educational
Romeo is Juliet
Film comedy
Directed by: Giovanni Veronesi
Ryse: Son of Rome (Game)

Action / Adventure

St Peter's and the Papal Basilicas of Rome 3D
Documentary - Art
Directed by: Luca Viotto
Sei fratelli
Film drammatico
Directed by: Simone Godano
Shadow of Rome (Game)
Action / Adventure
Dry
Film drama
Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Skam Italia
Tv series - 5 seasons
Directed by: Ludovico Bessegato, Tiziano Russo
Slow Food Story
Documentary
Directed by: Stefano Sardo
Sono Lillo
Tv series - 2 seasons - 14 episodes
Directed by: Eros Puglielli
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Tv serie - 2 seasons
Directed by: Satiyesh Manoharajah, Neil Ferguson, Chiara Messineo, Archie Powell, Chloë Avery
Storia della mia famiglia
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Claudio Cupellini
Tear Along The Dotted Line
TV series – 6 episodes
Directed by: Zerocalcare
Street Fighter (Game)
Fighting game
SuburrAEterna
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Ciro D’Emilio, Alessandro Tonda
Summertime
Tv series - 3 seasons
Directed by: Lorenzo Sportiello, Francesco Lagi
Directed by: Matteo Rovere, Francesco Carrozzini, Francesca Mazzoleni
I Told You So
Film drama
Directed by: Ginevra Elkann
The Good Mothers
Tv series - 6 episodes
Directed by: Julian Jarrold, Elisa Amoruso
The Italian Recipe
Film sentimental
Directed by: Hou Zuxin
The Penitent
Film drama
Directed by: Luca Barbareschi
The Swarm
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Barbara Eder, Luke Watson
The Trip to Italy
Film comedy
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
To Rome With Love
Film comedy
Directed by: Woody Allen
Tomb Raider Chronicles (Game)
Action / Adventure
Three Floors
Film drama
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
Tre sorelle
Film comedy
Directed by: Enrico Vanzina
True Blue
Directed by: Filippo Barbagallo
All the Money in the World
Dramatic film, crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Tutti Pazzi per Amore
TV series - 3 seasons - 78 episodes
Directed by: Riccardo Milani
Un'estate fa
Tv series - 8 episodes
Directed by: Davide Marengo, Marta Savina
Una gran voglia di vivere
Film drama
Directed by: Michela Andreozzi
An Endless Sunday
Film drama
Directed by: Alain Parroni
Twice Born
Film drama
Directed by: Sergio Castellitto
Vita da Carlo
TV series - 2 seasons, 20 episodes
Directed by: Carlo Verdone, Arnaldo Catinari
The desired war
Film comedy, drama
Directed by: Gianni Zanasi
Directed by: Niclas Bendixen