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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU "CINEPANETTONI" In the hotel bar waiters attended on Aurelio De Laurentiis, the powerful producer of “Christmas Holiday” and the more than 30 Cinepanettone films that followed. His assistant and everyone else called him “il presidente” because he was the president and owner of the Naples soccer club. The “historical” movies captured Italy of the era, when Mr. Berlusconi was conquering the country. Mr. De Laurentiis said that the movies had success because they were essentially “instant” films. Italy’s Raucous Holiday Classics Are Not Your Standard Hallmark Movies | The New York Times