Ugo (Ugo Tognazzi) is comfortably married to Lisa (Monica Vitti), he nonetheless takes up with pretty (and fetchingly underdressed) American Patty (Barbara Bouchet). In retalitaiton, Lisa begins an affair with French count Jean Claude (John Richardson), arousing Ugo’s jealousy. At his request, the four members of this romantic quadrangle repair to a summer house to come to a “c...
In La Cuccagna, director and co-writer Luciano Salce has put together the ingredients he enjoys the most in his films, a lightweight story with a bit of conflict between old values and new. In this routine tale, Rossella (Donatella Turri) has a steady relationship going with her rather sullen boyfriend Giuliano (Luigi Tenco) but is also out in the job market, looking for a good...
The funny misadventures of a simpleton just out of jail, looking for a job until the very surreal ending.
这是一部带有喜剧风格却又意味深长的黑白影片。尤以其是电影音乐大师莫里康的公认的处女作而备受世人注目。影片描写二战末期在盟军解放罗马前后的历史转折时期，分处两个敌对阵营中的两个小人物命运的突然倒转和他们之间的奇特友情。1944年意大利解放前夕，一个法西斯黑色旅的年轻成员阿科瓦吉（Primo Arcovazzi）由著名演员雨果·唐格纳吉扮演)受命负责把一个反法西斯政权的教授伯纳菲（Erminio Bonafé）从阿布鲁佐（Abruzzo） 意大利中部的一个省，西距罗马约100公里)押送到罗马。在路上，他们遇到了一连串的倒霉事。在途中，他们遇到了游击队的袭击和德国人的关押；在几次盟军的空袭中，两人又遇到了不少麻烦和危险。在这些不期而至的遭遇中，在两人之间渐渐地建立了一种特殊的友情。当他们历经困苦最终到达罗马时,才发现罗马已经被美军解放了，阿科瓦吉的命运这时...
