Toto Looks for a House
| Totò cerca casa | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Monicelli Steno |
| Written by | Age & Scarpelli Mario Monicelli Steno Vittorio Metz |
| Produced by | Antonio Mambretti |
| Starring | Totò |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Caracciolo |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli Amedeo Escobar |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Totò cerca casa is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.[1] The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody.
Plot
In Italy after the war the problem of every citizen is to find a comfortable place to live. Beniamino Lomacchio (Totò) is one of the many people without a home and, together with his family he's been living in classrooms. He can not live there much longer, though, because school re-opens in September. Beniamino is poor and does not know what to do, he just hopes he'll find a comfortable apartment with a landlord who doesn't ask for too much rent.
One day, however, Beniamino finds a place to move: a cemetery caretaker's house. Not all the family is convinced it's a great idea. They only ending up staying there for a short while: fleeing when they think they see a ghost. After leaving the house, Beniamino finds another job at the studio of an artist. But even here the family Lomacchio will not agree and Benjamin. They they find a large apartment. But they've been cheated: the apartment has already been rented out to another family. Eventually, even after staying in the Colosseum, Beniamino is in a car accident. He's finally found a new home: the hospital.
Cast
- Totò as Beniamino Lomacchio
- Alda Mangini as Amalia, la moglie de Lomacchio
- Lia Molfesi as Aida, la figlia
- Mario Gattari as Figlio
- Aroldo Tieri as Checchino, il fidanzato
- Folco Lulli as Turco
- Enzo Biliotti as Il sindaco
- Mario Castellani as Truffatore
- Pietro De Vico as Cinese
- Flavio Forin as Vedovo
- Giacomo Furia as Pasquale Saluto
- Marisa Merlini as Patronessa
- Luigi Pavese as Capo ufficio
- Cesare Polacco as Vice custode
- Alfredo Ragusa as Bidello
References
- ^ "Mario Monicelli obituary". guardian.co.uk. London. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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