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Il mio amico Benito is a italien film of genre Comedy directed by Giorgio Bianchi with Peppino De Filippo

Il mio amico Benito (1962)

Il mio amico Benito
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Length 1h40
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OriginItalie
Genres Comedy
Rating61% 3.089453.089453.089453.089453.08945

Il mio amico Benito (Italian for "My friend Benito") is a 1962 commedia all'italiana film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.

Synopsis

Peppino Di Gennaro is a simple clerk who wants to make a career without success. After a friend gave him a photo taken during the First World War that shows him together with Benito Mussolini, he tries to take advantage of it getting an invitation from Duce, but the OVRA stops him every time. After numerous failed attempts he eventually succeeds in entering his office in the exact moment Mussolini was on the balcony announcing the Italian entry into the war; disappointed and embittered, Peppino goes away destroying the photo.

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