| Il... Belpaese | |
| Music: | Gianni Boncompagni Piergiorgio Farina Paolo Ormi |
| Runtime: | 115 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
Il... Belpaese (Italian for "The... Beautiful Country") is a 1977 black comedy film written and directed by Luciano Salce and starring Paolo Villaggio and Silvia Dionisio.[1] [2] [3]
In the film, an Italian man spend several years working an oil platform in the Persian Gulf. When he returns to Italy, he experiences culture shock when realizing the country's social changes.
Guido Berardinelli is an unfortunate tanker man, returned to Italy after eight years of work on an oil platform in the Persian Gulf. Guido doesn't knows anything about the social movement in 1970s Italy, especially in Milan. When he arrives, he discovers that his "beautiful country" (BelpaesE) is a total disaster! However, Guido tries to live within the law, opening a watch store, but he is constantly being targeted by the Mafia...