Three short stories full of absurd Italian humor. Episode 1: Oddjobs man Elia is hired to be a waiter and soon finds himself caught up in a plot to knock off his mistress (in more ways than one). Episode 2: Della is convinced that aliens are on their way to consume the world and before long ends up a guinea pig on a spaceship from the planet Phobos. Episode 3: Roberto becomes a Bersaglieri in the Italian army and nearly causes a war between Italy and Switzerland over a packet of cigarettes.
Acting
Renato Pozzetto's physical comedy in all three roles.
Direction
Capitani's timing lets absurdity breathe without dragging.
Director
Giorgio Capitani
Renato Pozzetto
Elia (1° episodio)
Cochi Ponzoni
Caminito (1° episodio)
Angela Luce
Annalise (1° episodio)
Felice Andreasi
Il Generale (1° episodio)
Massimo Boldi
Cameriere licenziato (1° episodio)
Giorgio Porcaro
prete (1° episodio)
Paolo Villaggio
Della Spigola (2° episodio)
Nadia Cassini
Carla (2° episodio)
Erika Blanc
Italia (2° e 3° episodio)
Ugo Bologna
Direttore di Della Spigola (2° episodio)
Pietro Zardini
uomo in auto (2° episodio)
Enrico Montesano
Roberto Micozzi (3° episodio)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title parodies Italian grammar drills ('I run, you run, he runs'), mocking rigid education systems through chaos.
Pozzetto plays three different protagonists across segments—a device borrowed from 1960s commedia all'italica anthologies.
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