Antonio and Beatrice are a married couple and she's pregnant. One night she feels like eating artichokes under oil and he hurries to the supermarket to buy them. Unfortunately he's hit on the head by a packet of sugar, loses his memory and vanishes into thin air. He reappears five years later unaware of the time passed but Beatrice has now taken up with another guy, an opera si...
Mario Cavallaro is a Milanese who has just turned fifty. One day, Oba, a Senegalese sock vendor, appearing with his wares right in front of Mario’s hosiery shop. In order to put things back, Mario decides to kidnap Oba simply to send him back home. Oba consents to his “deportation” under the condition that Mario also accompany his sister, Dalida, back home. Too bad for Mario is...
Tells the story of Antonio, a former shipyard worker who leads a meek and quiet life: he plays boules with his friends, takes care of his elderly mother and has an ex-wife with whom he’s on excellent terms, as well as a beloved only daughter called Emilia. When Emilia announces that she has decided to get married, Antonio is overwhelmed with joy: he can finally fulfil his dream...