Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.
Acting
Verdone plays three distinct men — peak physical comedy meets genuine pathos.
Direction
Debut feature proves he understood Italian neuroses better than anyone.
Writing
Election day as existential trap — politics as personal purgatory.
Director
Carlo Verdone
Carlo Verdone
Pasquale Ametrano / Furio Zoccano / Mimmo
Irina Sanpiter
Magda Ghiglioni
Elena Fabrizi
Teresa
Angelo Infanti
Raoul
Milena Vukotić
Prostitute
Mario Brega
Er Principe
Andrea Aureli
Mimmo's uncle
Elisabeth Wiener
Pasquale's wife
Vittorio Zarfati
Concierge
Giovanni Brusadori
Doctor
Umberto Amambrini
uomo alla toilette (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Verdone shot this debut for roughly $400,000 after years of nightclub comedy — the three-character structure let him star without carrying every scene alone.
The 1983 Italian electoral system made this a time-capsule of a democracy already cracking; audiences recognized their own families in each segment.
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