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The Boom is a italien film of genre Comedy directed by Vittorio De Sica released in USA on 9 september 1963 with Alberto Sordi
The Boom (1963)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 september 1963
Length 1h28
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
OriginItalie
Genres Comedy
Rating70%
Il Boom is a 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica.
The "boom" in the title was the Italian economic miracle which transformed the country in the span of a decade, from the late 50s to the onset of the 70s. Back in the day Italian media adopted the actual English word to indicate it, while other countries opted for national words like Wirtschaftswunder and Trente Glorieuses to indicate similar phenomena. See also post-war economic boom.
Synopsis
Giovanni Alberti, a small building contractor in the years of boom, is heavily in debt because of his poor skills in business but above all because of its high standard of living, which he strives to maintain at all costs, even pressured by his beautiful and frivolous wife Silvia (Gianna Maria Canale), whom he loves deeply. After Giovanni, who was unable to repay a large loan, called for financial support to family and friends getting alleged derogatory waste (his mother is the only person who would be willing to help him, but she is not rich enough to do it), suddenly the wife of a rich manufacturer, Mrs. Bausetti, gives him a private appointment advancing an attractive deal. Giovanni even suspect that the elderly lady wishes to be his lover, but in fact Mrs. Bausetti, used to getting all that she wants with her money and her cold, dismissive and seemingly conciliatory manner, wants Giovanni to sell a cornea to her husband, who long before had been blinded in one eye by an accident with quicklime. They could afford to, the woman calmly explains, so not worth the cornea implant of a dead stranger, but it is preferable to propose such an arrangement, though obviously illegal, to a young and healthy man in need of money.Actors
Alberto Sordi
(Giovanni Alberti)
Gianna Maria Canale
(Silvia Alberti)
John Karlsen
Maria Grazia Buccella
(Secretary)
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