

Italian soccer bros loose in Paris? What could possibly go wrong. (Everything. Everything goes wrong.)
A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
Cinematography
1951 Paris as pure postcard fantasy, gorgeously preserved
Acting
Aldo Fabrizi's face does three acts of comedy without dialogue
Production
Real locations make this accidental documentary gold

Director
Luciano Emmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the early 1950s Italian economic miracle, when working-class leisure travel became possible — this is basically propaganda for the new middle class.
Lucia Bosè was fresh off her breakthrough in Antonioni's 'Story of a Love Affair' — her presence here is pure studio flexing.
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