Movie Drama
Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.
Silvio Orlando Nanni Moretti Giulio Brogi Anne Roussel Angela Finocchiaro Graziano Giusti Lucio Allocca Dario Cantarelli Antonio Petrocelli Gianna Paola Scaffidi Giulio Base Guido Alberti Renato Carpentieri Silvia Cohen Roberto De Francesco Dino Valdi Ivano Marescotti Giacomo Piperno Salvatore Puntillo Gabriele Ceracchini Stefano Chiezzi Alfredo Girard Fabio Luzzi Riccardo Zinna Rosanna Cancellieri Daniele Luchetti
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