Borotalco 1982 FHD

Sergio Benvenuti (Carlo Verdone) is a meek and timid young man who works as a door-to-door salesman; naturally, his disposition makes incredibly hard for him to convince potential customers to subscribe to the offers he peddles. Desperate to improve his sales' rate, he asks for the help of a more outgoing and successful colleague, Nadia, who agrees to take him with her to 'show him the ropes' of a successful sales pitch. Due to a mishap Sergio reaches the abode of a colorful, over-the-top character, who introduces himself as 'Manuel Fantoni' and entertains him with tall tales about his life and his acquaintances which, apparently (due to the large number of signed photographs that adorn his house) include a veritable host of Italian and American celebrities from both music and cinema. Oblivious of Nadia, Sergio is taken back to reality when the police arrives at the place, arresting 'Manuel' (who is revealed being actually named 'Cesare Cuticchia', a much-less-glamorous moniker) for a series of misdemeanors and taking him away. Before being led away in manacles Manuel/Giuseppe, asks Sergio to 'keep an eye' on his house, at which the timid young man sees the chance to "impersonate" Manuel (which was an invented person, anyhow) to play, for once, the role of the uber-cool, mysterious and affluent romantic hero. He sets his sights on Nadia, on which he already did develop a crush (which was the reason for asking her help in the first place), and he invites her to Manuel/Giuseppe's penthouse taking advantage of the fact that, having missed their business appointment, she has never seen him as 'Sergio'. While recounting her his own version of Manuel's tall tales...he tells her that he's a good friend of Lucio Dalla (at the time a hugely successful singer and performer in Italy) literally seeing the girl explode with joy. Nadia is a huge fan of Dalla and would like to meet him and give him a few songs she has recorded, hoping to start a musical career. Caught in his own web of lies, Sergio doesn't dare to tell her the truth and rushes to the jail to talk to Giuseppe, hoping that he can help him securing a meeting with Dalla to satisfy the girl... Directed by Carlo Verdone Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Written by Carlo Verdone Enrico Oldoini Starring Carlo Verdone Eleonora Giorgi Music by Lucio Dalla Fabio Liberatori Stadio (group) Cinematography Ennio Guarnieri Edited by Antonio Siciliano