I saw this film twice on my first trip to Italy (my first European trip, so it already was magical) and loved it, which was high praise, since I`d only been studying Italian for a few months, on my own. As I remember, it`s the story of a man in an old actors home who wins a lottery, and runs away with a pretty worker from the home. He is taken advantage of, I remember, but exactly how...? I have looked for this film on video, and I think United Artists may offer it, but perhaps only in Europe. I would love to see it again...Ugo Tognazzi was a wonderful actor, and expressed many things simultaneously, as he did in La Cage Aux Folles. Lucky you if you can see the movie. I was in love with my Primo [Italian] Amore at the time, so perhaps memory has sweetened recollection. But I think it was lots of fun to watch. I found this film one of the saddest ones which I`ve ever seen. Dino Risi is a brilliant director and made a great film which shows the aging. Ugo Tognazzi plays the actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor`s house". He just can`t stand the rules and the other old people so he escape with a young girl. The sad part comes from here because the girl wants her freedom, doesn`t love the man and cheats him with other guys. In fact she never told the man that she loved him.
