PISO PISELLO

Director Peter Del Monte / 1981 / Italy

Oliviero, a Milanese 13 year-old, is the son of two mixed-up parents, who live out a child-like regression. Oliviero, however, has a clear idea of his future and wants to become a nuclear scientist. One evening, an American girl ends up in Oliviero's bed. The next day she disappears only to return a few months later, pregnant ...

Peter Del Monte's film is a funny and very Italian comedy about all those things held dear; family life, babies, motherhood and responsibility, it is likely to reduce audiences to tears of laughter, particularly at the banter and backchat of the young boy, who is particularly well played by Luca Porro.

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