Toto Looks for a House () is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody. It was a commercial success, being the second most popular film at the box office that year.Bondanella p.113
Plot In a post-war period Italy, the problem for every citizen is to find a comfortable place to live. Beniamino Lomacchio (Totò) is one of the many people without a home and, together with his family, he has been living in a school. He cannot live there much longer, though, because school re-opens in September. Beniamino is a poor clerk and does not know what to do; he just hopes he'll find a comfortable apartment with a landlord who doesn't ask for too much rent.
One day, however, Beniamino finds a place to move into: a cemetery caretaker's house. Not all the family is convinced it's a great idea. They stay there for a short while, fleeing when they think they see a ghost. After leaving the house, Beniamino finds another job at the studio of an artist. But even here the family Lomacchio will not agree with Beniamino. They then find a large apartment. But they've been cheated; the apartment has already been rented out to another family. Eventually, even after staying in the Colosseum, Beniamino is in a car accident. He has finally found a home: a psychiatric hospital.
Cast Totò as Beniamino Lomacchio Alda Mangini as Amalia, la moglie de Lomacchio Lia Molfesi as Aida, la figlia Mario Gattari as Figlio Aroldo Tieri as Checchino, il fidanzato Folco Lulli as Turco Enzo Biliotti as Il sindaco Mario Castellani as Truffatore Pietro De Vico as Cinese Flavio Forin as Vedovo Giacomo Furia as Pasquale Saluto Marisa Merlini as Patronessa Luigi Pavese as Capo ufficio Cesare Polacco as Vice custode Alfredo Ragusa as Bidello
References
Bibliography Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.
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