Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition ...
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Title: Unfair Competition (2001)
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Diego Abatantuono | ... | Umberto Melchiori |
| Sergio Castellitto | ... | Leone DellaRocca | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Professor Angelo | |
| Antonella Attili | ... | Giuditta DellaRocca | |
| Claudio Bigagli | ... | Police inspector | |
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Sandra Collodel | ... | DellaRocca's Maid |
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Augusto Fornari | ... | Zio Peppino |
| Elio Germano | ... | Paolo Melchiori | |
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Sabrina Impacciatore | ... | Matilde |
| Eliana Miglio | ... | Mrs. Di Veroli | |
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Rolando Ravello | ... | Ignazietto Paspinelli |
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Gioia Spaziani | ... | Susanna DellaRocca |
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Anita Zagaria | ... | Margherita Melchiori |
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Simone Ascani | ... | Lele DellaRocca |
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Walter Dragonetti | ... | Pietruccio Melchiori / narrator |
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Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship. Written by Rodrigo Amaro
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23 February 2001 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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Umberto Melchiori: I won't discuss the grammar but the ideas were quite clear.
Professor Angelo: This dammed regime killed the critical sense of the country, it left us stupid. Even the children got pompuous. Where's the irony?
Umberto Melchiori: You're asking me? I don't know.
Professor Angelo: You don't know anything.
[pauses]
Professor Angelo: It's dead.
Umberto Melchiori: Who?
Professor Angelo: The irony.
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Written by Moïse Simons (as Simons), Simenoni
FRANCHI C. Casa Editrice Musicale, S.r.l.
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Professor Angelo: [correcting a kid's lesson] 5 for the grammar, less 5 for the ideas, equals zero. Yes. Zero.Umberto Melchiori: I won't discuss the grammar but the ideas were quite clear.
Professor Angelo: This dammed regime killed the critical sense of the country, it left us stupid. Even the children got pompuous. Where's the irony?
Umberto Melchiori: You're asking me? I don't know.
Professor Angelo: You don't know anything.
[pauses]
Professor Angelo: It's dead.
Umberto Melchiori: Who?
Professor Angelo: The irony.
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La Rumba delle Noccioline (The Peanuts Vendor)Written by Moïse Simons (as Simons), Simenoni
FRANCHI C. Casa Editrice Musicale, S.r.l.
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Very nice to see that this kind of movies are still made. The story shows us the affect the totalitarism has for people unable or too lazy to think themselves. The development of friendship of two small boys show us clearly how stupid and childish are all the reasons for racism.