La matassa

La matassa ("The skein") is a 2009 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giambattista Avellino and by Ficarra e Picone. The film was a box office success, ranking first for two weeks at the Italian box office and grossing $10,007,765. Plot summary The movie opens with Paolo (Picone), the owner of Albergo Geraci, standing on the roof and seeming like he's about to jump off as the firefighters and the local priest try to convince him to come down. A mysterious man (Claudio Gioè) climbs on a balcony and reveals he has to show him something important. He mentions that one of the papers is real and the others are what [Paolo's] cousin gave him. Meanwhile, Gaetano (Ficarra), Paolo's cousin, rushes to the hotel to save his cousin. He sees the mysterious man, who taunts him, and seems perturbed. He walks in and Paolo tells him off. They start fighting over the hotel's ownership, which had caused their father's fight thirty years before, after which Paolo and Gaetano hadn't seen each other until the funeral of Paolo's father, Gaetano's uncle.