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An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi

Released: October 28, 1976

Runtime: 105.0

Popularity Rating: 1.116

Cooperativa 15 Maggio

Italy

Paolo T. Fiume Marcello Mastroianni
CIA agent / Tuttumpezzo Vittorio Gassman
Vladimiro Palese Adolfo Celi
Wife of Vladimiro Palese Senta Berger
Crescenti Alberto Postorino
English Teacher Lucretia Love
Cardinale Caprettari Nino Manfredi
General in toilet Ugo Tognazzi
Maid of Caprettari Andrea Ferreol

Directing — Director: Agenore Incrocci
Directing — Director: Ettore Scola
Directing — Director: Furio Scarpelli
Directing — Director: Leonardo Benvenuti
Directing — Director: Luigi Comencini
Directing — Director: Luigi Magni
Directing — Director: Mario Monicelli
Directing — Director: Nanni Loy
Directing — Director: Piero De Bernardi
Directing — Director: Ruggero Maccari
Directing — Director: Ugo Pirro
Writing — Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti
Writing — Writer: Luigi Comencini
Writing — Writer: Piero De Bernardi