Totò cerca casa

1949
1h 19m

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Beniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. First... Read allBeniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. First he gets a job as keeper of a graveyard but during the night they mistake Checchino for a ... Read allBeniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. First he gets a job as keeper of a graveyard but during the night they mistake Checchino for a ghost and flee. Then they try lo live in the Coliseum. Lastly they find a fine, large apar... Read all

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First movie direction for both Steno and Mario Monicelli, who had worked only as screenwriters prior to this movie. Producer Carlo Ponti proposed the direction to them because after a short search he couldn't find another director. After that, they quickly became two of the most important Italian movie directors ever.

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Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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8/10

Totò at his best.

I saw this movie last week on TV, while being in Italy for a family matter. I enjoyed every single minute of that ancient but truly good and effective "Italian style" comedy. Totò steals every scene and some times he doesn't really need to do a thing to become funny. His face, expressions and speech can do most of the half of the movie. Of course the other actors also played correctly their parts and there was no real hole because of the script or the performances. I must admit that some comic situations can be a little forced and somehow previsible, but none of them were absolutely unnecessary. Totò also made very good movies along his career, but not all were as remarkable as this.

I said I was in Italy when I saw and that's not for free: if you can, try to see (and hear) Totò's movies in the original version, that's MUCH better.