It's always a pleasure watch this movie. It never goes out of date, never grows old, never lose its amount of humor and social justice, it never appears dated. The plot is simple: the genuine news vendor Alberto Boccetti has to go on holiday in Capracotta, a mountain resort not very far from where I live. Capracotta is a place for unpretentious people, with cheap hotel and unsophisticated restaurants where, however, you can have the best food ever cooked. Alberto's family, composed by his uncles, comes from Capracotta, that's why he'll go on holiday there.
Alberto's friend, the impoverished Count Max Orsini Varaldo, suggests him to go on holiday in the better known Cortina d'Ampezzo, where only healthy and noble people can spend winter holidays. After a long series of hilarious misunderstandings, Alberto is mistook for the Count Max, and the comedy begins. My favorite scene is the last one, where finally the social justice triumphs and the arrogant and false nobles are humbled and blamed.
Each actor is perfect, the script is just like a time-bomb, the director must only place the camera and control the set.
I just can't understand why only few directors, today in Italy, are able to make delicious comedies like this.
Alberto's friend, the impoverished Count Max Orsini Varaldo, suggests him to go on holiday in the better known Cortina d'Ampezzo, where only healthy and noble people can spend winter holidays. After a long series of hilarious misunderstandings, Alberto is mistook for the Count Max, and the comedy begins. My favorite scene is the last one, where finally the social justice triumphs and the arrogant and false nobles are humbled and blamed.
Each actor is perfect, the script is just like a time-bomb, the director must only place the camera and control the set.
I just can't understand why only few directors, today in Italy, are able to make delicious comedies like this.