Borotalco (1982)

Borotalco: Directed by Carlo Verdone. With Carlo Verdone, Eleonora Giorgi, Christian De Sica, Angelo Infanti. Sergio Benvenuti finds a job as musical agent to an important Italian publisher. This could be his final step before to marry Rossella. But his career does not rise, so he asks Nadia Vandelli, a more-experienced agent and a nice girl, to work with him for just one day to gain more experience. They must meet Manuel Fantoni in his own flat; Nadia is late, but Sergio goes ahead with the meeting. By the time she arrives, Sergio has found out that Fantoni isn’t what he said he was. Things escalate quickly until Sergio lands in an incredible situation from which he can’t escape.

“Borotalco is the purest example of what Carlo Verdone used to be all about. The mid-life crisis that was to hit the great Roman actor/director, resulting in such movies as u0026quot;Maledetto il giorno che ti ho incontratou0026quot;,was still in the distant future.Back then Verdone was still capable of portraying the incredible characters that made him a legend.Angelo Infantiu0026#39;s Manuel Fantoni is alone worth the bother of finding this movie.Mario Brega(of Sergio Leone fame)is at his prime in the role of the ultra-Roman shopkeeper.The movie is a very good comedy that is a must for all Verdone fans.”