What would happen if two eternal foes—women with different lifestyles and characters—had to share the most incredible inheritance: their ex-husband Paolo’s son, conceived with a stranger no longer in the picture? Luca Lucini’s
Best Enemies Forever offers a charming answer. This buoyant comedy stars Margherita Buy as Lucia, an animal psychologist, and Claudia Gerini as driven real estate developer Fabiola, the ex-wives who never stopped competing for Paolo’s love and affection. They thought his funeral would be the last moment they would ever have to spend together. Then they discover that Paolo has bequeathed them joint custody of his young son, Paolo, Jr. (Jaspar Cabal), thereby binding age-old adversaries together forever. Hilarious hijinks ensue as both Lucia and Fabiola, each quirky and novice mothers, begin the journey of unexpected parenthood without a user manual. Fabiola thinks that Lucia is completely without fashion sense and Lucia thinks that Fabiola doesn’t know how to play with a child, but when the state threatens to take Paolo, Jr. away, they are compelled to band together for the very first time. Like two mama lions on a quest, they discover that, despite their obvious differences, they have quite a bit in common—especially one adorable little boy.
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