Fumo di Londra

Fumo di Londra (Thank You Very Much) (internationally released as Smoke Over London and Gray Flannels) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi. For his performance Sordi won the David di Donatello for Best Actor.[1]

Fumo di Londra
Directed byAlberto Sordi
Produced byGiorgio Bianchi
Written byAlberto Sordi
Sergio Amidei
StarringAlberto Sordi
Music byPiero Piccioni
CinematographyBenito Frattari
Edited byAntonietta Zita
Release date
1966
Running time
106 min
CountryItaly
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Italian

Plot summary

Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a silly daydreamer doing no serious work. Unfussed, Dante plans a vacation to London to learn more about the culture he so admires. However, once in London, he struggles to fit in, is awkward, often makes mistakes betraying his Italian origins, attracting the scorn of the British upper classes he would like to impress. After taking part in fox hunting, Dante is invited to the house of an English aristocrat and showed a supposedly ancient Etruscan statuette. Dante says the object is fake and breaks it, provoking the angry reaction of the English who open fire on him. Terrified, Dante hides with a group of hippies and joining them in a demonstration. Arrested, Dante is sent back to Italy where he resumes his monotonous routine.

Cast

References
  1. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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