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directed by

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and

Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...

Plot

The film is divided into three episodes.

''Sarò tutta per te''

Enrico intends to recover the loving relationship with his ex-girlfriend Giuliana. She agrees and the two go in the house of her, but all of a sudden Enrico realizes he is not alone. In fact the young friends of Giuliana have reached the villa in the evening and plan many evening parties: typical of the flower children of that period. Enrico, on the threshold of fifty, feels him excluded and displaced, completely alien to the new juvenile behavior and his only instinct is to make love with Giuliana. When she agrees exasperated the poor Enrico blatantly fails to satisfy her in an embrace and so their relationship breaks down again.

''Sì buana''

Arturo finds employment as an improvised tour guide for a cheap travel agency, where he works under the assumed name "Wilson" to hide his Italian roots. During an organized safari, he is approached by one of the clients, a wealthy businessman named Colombi, who bribes Wilson to illegally procure a lion for him to hunt. Though initially reluctant, Wilson is eventually persuaded by Colombi's

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, who also tries to convince him to shoot her husband under the appearance of a hunting accident, in exchange for a share of her insurance money. Wilson's plan is to take Colombi to a lion who died of its own, making him believe he killed it himself; however, the carcass attracts a living lion, which attacks the group. In the commotion, Colombi is fatally shot by his wife. The episode is delivered in a flashback as a drunken Wilson tells the whole story to a well-mannered gentleman, who turns out to be the insurance agent investigating Colombi's death. Having inadvertently confessed to the whole ruse, Wilson loses the promised insurance share as well as Colombi's bribe.

''Le vacanze intelligenti''

The simpletons greengrocers Remo and Augusta are convinced by their three sons to embark on a tour that includes visits to Italy in museums, churches, theaters and places of modern art. The two don't want this, but they're so proud of the professional skills of their children who decide to deal with this sacrifice. So Augusta and Remo set out on an

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necropolis and then to many other destinations to

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, not understanding anything about modern art or futurists concerts. Remo and Augusta however are increasingly convinced that the children have decided this trip for their own good, and so they continue until the two get fed up and decide to go back to their old life. Back home, they discover that the furniture is completely changed and has become exactly like that of the modern houses of the hippies of the Seventies. The two simpletons, while regretting the past dear, also accept this deprivation.

Cast

;''Sarò tutta per te'' (segment directed by Mauro Bolognini) *

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: Enrico *

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the ''commedia all'Italiana'', starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in '' Divorce Italian Style'' as Angela, the cousin and love i ...

: Giuliana * Pietro Brambilla: Tommaso *

Clara Colosimo Clara Colosimo (23 May 1922 – 15 June 1994) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1968 and 1991. Selected filmography * ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) * '' Sex Pot'' (1975) * '' Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Zanna Bianca e ...

: Virginia * Lorraine De Selle: ragazza al telefono *

Ricky Tognazzi Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won ...

: amico di Giuliana * Rodolfo Bigotti: Fulvio *

Elisabetta Pozzi Elisabetta Pozzi (born 23 February 1955) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Genoa, Pozzi started to study acting during her high school years at the drama school of her hometown, and she made her debut o ...

: amica di Giuliana ;''Sì buana'' (segment directed by Luciano Salce) *

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid G ...

: Arturo alias "Wilson" *

Gigi Reder Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series. Biography Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolita ...

: Dott. Panunti *

Anna Maria Rizzoli Anna Maria Rizzoli (born 26 August 1951, in Rome), is an Italian actress. Rizzoli started her career as glamour model and in the second half of the 1970s entered the cinema industry, becoming a star of the commedia sexy all'italiana. She also wo ...

: Margherita *

Daniele Vargas Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 7 January 1981) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniel ...

: Cav. Ciccio Colombi * Paolo Paoloni: agent Lloyd ;''Le vacanze intelligenti'' (segment directed by Alberto Sordi) *

: Remo Proietti * Anna Longhi: his wife Augusta * Evelina Nazzari: Pasquina * Stefania Spugnini: Romolina

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0077465 1978 films Italian comedy films 1978 comedy films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films directed by Luciano Salce Films directed by Alberto Sordi Commedia all'italiana Films about vacationing Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films scored by Piero Piccioni Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari 1970s Italian films