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Il Vedovo (1959) Dino Risi; Alberto Sordi, Franca Valeri
Il Vedovo (1959) Dino Risi; Alberto Sordi, Franca Valeri
 
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In Italian with English subtitles. Also known as The Widower and The Widowed.

Widescreen. Directed by Dino Risi. Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune. One day a train on which Elvira was supposed to be traveling suffers a horrible accident falling off a bridge and no survivors are reported. Alberto is overjoyed and in a veritable ecstatic rush plans to liquidate most of Elvira's assets...

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5 of 5 How not to get ahead in business September 14, 2017
Reviewer: Dean Brierly from Studio City, CA United States  
Pitch-perfect black comedy from director Dino Risi and star Alberto Sordi in their prime. Sordi’s character is a scheming, cheating, unscrupulous failure in his business endeavors, and a two-timer in his personal life, yet his unflappable if misguided optimism manages to enlist the viewer’s sympathy. Sordi navigates the fine line between humor and tragedy through impeccable timing and a deep insight into the baser aspects of human nature. Great print and subtitles make this a can’t miss.

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