''L'Italia s'è rotta'' ("Italy is broken") is a 1976

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directed by Steno.

Plot

The two Sicilian Peppe Truzzoliti and Antonio Mancuso decide, after a misadventure with some mafia drug dealers, to leave the cold and racist

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

to return to their native land. With them there is Domenica, a beautiful girl from

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, who had arrived in Turin in search of work but, for a number of setbacks, had been forced into prostitution.

Cast

* Dalila Di Lazzaro: Domenica Chiaregato * Mario Scarpetta: Antonio Mancuso * Teo Teocoli: Peppe Truzzoliti * Enrico Montesano: Roman robber * Mario Carotenuto: Cavalier Amedeo Zerolli * Alberto Lionello: Domenica's uncle * Franca Valeri: Countess Giovanna * Duilio Del Prete: Censor *

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: Oronzo *

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: Peppe's mother *

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: Antonio's mother * Sergio Di Pinto: Zerolli's son *

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: Rosalia

References

External links

* 1976 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Stefano Vanzina Italian comedy road movies 1970s comedy road movies Films about internal migration Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni 1976 comedy films Films set in Turin 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub