Titsiana Booberini is a short film written and directed by Robert Luketic

Robert Luketic

Robert Luketic is an Australian film director. He directed the films Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde and 21.-Early life:...

 and released in 1997.

Initially entered at the Telluride Film Festival

Telluride Film Festival

The Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of Telluride, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the National Film Preserve....

 and the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

, the films success led to it being screened at film festivals all over the world. It won "Best Film" at the Aspen Shortsfest, and lead actress Tania Lacy

Tania lacy

Tania Jane Lacy is an Australian comedian. She currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria with her spouse Ole Sturm, whom she married in Los Angeles in 2000. They have a son Per, who was born in December 2005....

's performance won her the "Best Actress Award" at the Exposure Film Festival in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

. Its positive reception at Sundance caught the interest of several high-profile studios, leading to Luketic being offered the directing position for Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt...

.

The film is a musical comedy, with the story focusing on Titsiana Booberini, an Italian check-out girl at a suburban supermarket who is ridiculed by her fellow employees for her slightly hirsute upper lip. Titsiana gains new confidence and acceptance when she discovers a hair removal treatment.

Full cast

• Tania Lacy
  Tania lacy
  Tania Jane Lacy is an Australian comedian. She currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria with her spouse Ole Sturm, whom she married in Los Angeles in 2000. They have a son Per, who was born in December 2005....
  
   - Titsiana Booberini
• Sophie Lee
  Sophie Lee
  Sophie Lee is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author.-Career:Early in her career, Sophie Lee worked as a model, both in Australia and Japan appearing in print and on TV...
  
   - Francine Pickles
• Roz Hammond
  Roz Hammond
  Rosalind Hammond was born in Western Australia, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian comic actress and writer.Her television appearances include 3 series of The Micallef Programme...
  
  - Carol Johnson
• David J. Berman - Chubus Zarbo
• Marc Savoia - Stock boy