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Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2011
June 1 - 8, 2011
U.S Premiere!
In this delicious and wildly popular political satire, an unscrupulous entrepreneur returns to his suddenly law-abiding hometown and resolves to enter politics. Actor Antonio Albanese in person on June 3!
U.S Premiere! Actor Antonio Albanese in person on June 3!
In this delicious and wildly popular satire of power politics and gaudy media excess in the land of Berlusconi, an unscrupulous entrepreneur (gifted comedian Antonio Albanese) returns to his southern hometown after half a decade dodging taxes in South America. The only problem: things have cleaned up in his absence and the man running for mayor is a pillar of civic virtue. Luckily, he has a solution: vowing to beat the “immoral law abiders” at their own game, he resolves to enter politics by launching the dirtiest campaign ever.
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