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L'abito nuovo

L'abito nuovo

1964 · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Drama

In Naples, where the modest clerk Michele Crispucci lives with his daughter Assuntina, his ex-wife arrives with her circus. The young Concettino confides to a friend that he wants to give up his marriage to Assuntina, because twenty years earlier the girl's mother had abandoned the family and become rich by giving herself to wealthy lovers.

Directed by Eduardo De Filippo · Written by Eduardo De Filippo

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