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Sorry, You Can't Get Through!

Sorry, You Can't Get Through!

Love is a funny thing.

NR 2005 · 105 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy, Romance

Alarmed by the news that for each working Italian there's a retiree, 70-year-old Walter decides to do his part by helping "a young person who's working for him." He chooses Piero, a model worker and upstanding citizen so shy that he can't bring himself to declare his feelings for night-time street cleaner Francesca. Walter starts giving him some old-hand advice on the matter.

Directed by Paolo Genovese · Written by Paolo Genovese

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