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The Story of a Poor Young Man is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Ettore Scola with Alberto Sordi
The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995)
Romanzo di un giovane povero
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Add to a movie listRomanzo di un giovane povero is a 1995 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola.
The film entered the 52nd Venice International Film Festival, where Isabella Ferrari was awarded with the Volpi Cup for best supporting actress.
^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
Synopsis
Vincenzo Persico is a young unemployed person who lives in an apartment with his mother that you feel frustrated, and for the precarious economic situation and for the fact that it proves too Protector against him as Vincenzo is an only child and she is a widow. The building also lives an old man, Bartoloni that reflects the bad character of his wife Karline (fat and arrogant) and because of this, tries to seduce a young girl, Marcella, in the hope of a possible love affair.Actors
Alberto Sordi
(Bartoloni)
Rolando Ravello
(Vincenzo Persico)
Isabella Ferrari
(Andreina)
Renato De Carmine
(Avvocato Cantini)
Mario Carotenuto
(Sig. Pieralisi)
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