Giovannino

Giovannino

1976 · 110 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

Giovannino grows up and seeks his way, exemplary in his total and definitive absence of character. He lets himself be guided a little by everyone, without ever making a decision of his own free will. He first seduces the family servant, then runs away to Rome and tries to marry her unserious daughter to a boarding house owner. But her father arrives from Catania who distrusts her and arranges for him to marry a rich and lame girl.

Directed by Paolo Nuzzi · Written by Ercole Patti

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