Be Sick... It's Free (1968)

Original title

Il medico della mutua

Directed by

Luigi Zampa

Genre

comedy film, commedia all'italiana

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

T

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 216 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Italian doctor exploits the public health system for his own gain. The film follows his manipulative schemes and comedic interactions with patients.

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What happens

Be Sick... It's Free (Italian: Il medico della mutua) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. A sequel was made titled Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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