Italian in London The first directing experience of actor Alberto Sordi, who by that time had already become the star of the “Italian comedy”, did not turn out to be a coma. Sordi quite coped with the production of a satirical comedy, in which he subtly mocked the ideas of the English about the Italians, as well as the myths of the Italians about the English.
Italian antiquarian and exemplary family man Dante Fontata goes to London to auction to buy a fragment of funerary decoration of the Etruscan era. As soon as he got on the plane, his friends began to argue: has Dante changed or not?
Arriving in London, Fontana primarily buys a suit, tie, bowler, black shoes, a white shirt, a smoking pipe and a large umbrella. The family of Italian tourists even want to take a picture with him, as with the classic average Londoner in their understanding. At the auction, Dante meets the Duchess, who takes him for the nephew of his friend, gives the title of marquis and invites him to visit her castle. The fountain turns out to be in aristocratic society, “piercing” on small things. For example, he does not know that men pour evening port only themselves, passing the bottle to another clockwise. But soon the Italian will have the chance to see a modern, young, swinging London that rebels against Victorian classics.
It turned out funny and comical, although in some places and delayed because of the desire to show more English beauty. Many shots are like postcards from a souvenir shop, but when the story accelerates, it is impossible to break away from the screen.
7 out of 10