An Average Little Man

An Average Little Man Italian Un borghese piccolo piccolo , literally meaning a petty petty bourgeois, also known in English as A Very Little Man is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Vincenzo Cerami. The first hour is a fine example of commedia allitaliana but the second part is a psychological drama and a tragedy. The film was an entrant in the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.

The father, in an attempt to guide his son, emphasizes the point of practicing humility in the presence of his superiors at work, and he enrolled himself in a Masonic lodge to help him gain friendships and favoritisms that, at first, he would never hope to have.Just as the attempts of Giovanni Vivaldi seems to turn to success, his son Mario is killed, hit by a stray bullet during a shootout that erupts following a robbery in which the father and son are accidentally involved. ........

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