Carlo Verdone plays the character of Gregorio Sagonà, who has two younger siblings, sister Livia (Francesca Neri) and brother Vanni (Sergio Rubini). In real life Carlo Verdone's second name is Gregorio and he has two younger siblings, brother Luca and sister Silvia. The name of Gregorio's father is Mario, as like the one of Carlo Verdone's father, Mario Verdone, who won the prize of the Accademia Chigiana of Siena in 1948 for the libretto of the opera Il vecchio geloso by Carlo Savina. In the movie, Gregorio Sagonà is going to be awarded with the same prize.
