An Average Little Man (1977)
- Original title
- Un borghese piccolo piccolo
- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 253 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A middle-aged Italian office worker dreams of securing a stable government job for his son. When his plans go wrong, he spirals into a desperate act that brings tragedy to his family.
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What happens
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 movie mixes "Italian-Style Comedy" (commedia all'italiana) with psychological drama tragedy. The film was an entrant in the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. 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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