Salon Italia - In Italian with English subtitles
Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker (Rochester Kino Cinema Club)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale
Comedy I 1963 I 1 h 28min I
The film’s title refers to the Italian economic “miracle” that took place from the late 1950s until the 1970s. Giovanni Alberti, a small building contractor who is deeply in debt because of his rash overspending and the pressures of his not-at-all-frugal wife is desperate to repay a looming loan. He takes extreme measures to get some fast cash.
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