Nemmeno in un sogno

Nemmeno in un sogno

2002 · 79 min · ★ 7.3 · Comedy

A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what he saw on Italian television. There, he accidentally ends up in a holiday resort, where he's treated like a guest for a whole day, thus cementing his assumption that all the opulence and kindness he saw on TV were true.

Directed by Gianluca Greco · Written by Doriana Leondeff

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