The impossible meeting of the minute Rascel and the Junoesque Ekberg, in a scathing comedy that surprises
You expect a Mastrocinque-style farce, perhaps played out largely on the contrast between the reduced dimensions of Renato Rascel and the imposing stature of Anita Ekberg (note: this was the same year La Dolce Vita was released). Instead, we find ourselves confronted by a film that, without renouncing its light tone, is suffused with melancholy and tinged with bittersweet situations. The moralist touch at times equals the best of the commedia all’italiana. It might be a small film: but it is a small film that surprises.
Office worker Robotti becomes aware of a fraud being perpetrated with the complicity of the big fish in the bank where he works. Because of his honesty, he is fired. A chance encounter with prostitute Jane leads him to practice the art of criminality in style, so much so that he manages to get his hands on a majority of shares in his ex-bank. He will end up penniless, but he will find love.
The impossible meeting of the minute Rascel and the Junoesque Ekberg, in a scathing comedy that surprises
You expect a Mastrocinque-style farce, perhaps played out largely on the contrast between the reduced dimensions of Renato Rascel and the imposing stature of Anita Ekberg (note: this was the same year La Dolce Vita was released). Instead, we find ourselves confronted by a film that, without renouncing its light tone, is suffused with melancholy and tinged with bittersweet situations. The moralist touch at times equals the best of the commedia all’italiana. It might be a small film: but it is a small film that surprises.
Office worker Robotti becomes aware of a fraud being perpetrated with the complicity of the big fish in the bank where he works. Because of his honesty, he is fired. A chance encounter with prostitute Jane leads him to practice the art of criminality in style, so much so that he manages to get his hands on a majority of shares in his ex-bank. He will end up penniless, but he will find love.
