An Average Little Man

An Average Little Man

1977 · 122 min · IT · 7.9 (259 votes)
Dir. Mario Monicelli · Starring Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti, Romolo Valli, Paolo Paoloni, Renato Malavasi · Music Giancarlo Chiaramello
DramaComedy

A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.

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This film feels like a slow descent into a grim, bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a tense, character-driven drama about an ordinary man pushed to extraordinary, dark lengths. The atmosphere is heavy with a sense of impending dread and moral ambiguity.

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