by Hal Erickson
synopsis
This Italian comedy charts the lives of two 19th-century misanthropes. Shutting themselves off from the world, Cosimo and Damiano live together in a huge mansion. It isn't long before the two confirmed bachelors are getting on each other's nerves: Cosimo with his compulsion for neatness, and Damiano with his fondness for clutter. Hmmmm?? didn't someone else tell this story with a couple of guys named Felix and Oscar? Whatever the case, the two misanthrope's solitude is interrupted when a cholera epidemic drives everyone else in the village into their mansion, which action eventually results in a double marriage when our heroes meet a couple of ladies who come up to their standards (maybe!)
