The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Franco BrusatiDirector
- Franco BrusatiScreenplay
- Jaja FiastriScreenplay
- Nino ManfrediScreenplay
- Daniele PatucchiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nino ManfrediGiovanni 'Nino' Garofoli
- Johnny DorelliItalian Industrialist
- Anna KarinaElena
- Paolo TurcoGianni
- Ugo D'AlessioPietro
- Tano CimarosaGigi
- Gianfranco BarraThe turk
- Giorgio CerioniPolice Inspector
- Francesco D'AddaRudiger
- Umberto RahoJacques, the Maitre
- Geoffrey CoplestonBoegli
- Federico ScrobognaGrigory
Stills
Themes
immigrantworkerswitzerlandhardshipxenophobiaforeigners