Elf Me

Elf Me (2023)

A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.

Date of release
2023-11-24
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (88)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Director
Antonio Usbergo, Niccolò Celaia

Casting

Interesting facts

Elf Me is a 2023 Italian Christmas adventure comedy film directed by Younuts, and written by Gabriele Mainetti, Giovanni Gualdoni, Leonardo Ortolani, Marcello Cavalli, and Tommaso Renzoni, from a story by Mainetti, Gualdoni, Ortolani, and Cavalli. It stars Lillo as a Santa's elf who teams up with a bullied kid in order to save Christmas from a ruthless businessman. Anna Foglietta, Giorgio Pasotti, and Caterina Guzzanti also star.

Production

The story for Elf Me was originally conceived by comic book author Giovanni Gualdoni, who narrated it to film director Gabriele Mainetti during the promotion of his They Call Me Jeeg (2015). Asked by Italian producers if he had any idea for a Christmas family film, Mainetti pitched them Elf Me. The plot originally revolved around a Christmas elf who built firearms and other makeshift weapons.

Mainetti suggested Claudio Santamaria for the villain, since he had played hero roles in both They Call Me Jeeg and Freaks Out (2021). Santamaria came up with the idea of having his character speak with a ciociaro accent, and worked with costume designer Noemi Intino to develop the character.

As a producer, Mainetti stepped in for directing some scenes, such as the one with the giant duck and the one when Ciocca ties up Trip, and helped set up the sled chase scene.

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