Il Bel Paese (1978)
Directed by Luciano Salce
Run Time - 112 min. |
Countries - Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
It often seems that Italy is on the verge of total collapse as a nation. Still, that family-centered and nearly anarchic land which its citizens ironically call Il Bel Paese, seems to survive everything that happens to it. In this satirical comedy, Guido Paolo is an oil-rig worker who has saved his earnings and returns to Rome from his Persian Gulf job. He intends to open up a little jewelry shop. Landing in the airport in the middle of a terrorist attack, he is completely unfazed by the bullets flying around him, or the elaborate security arrangements at his sister's apartment.
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oil-worker, terrorism