Dirty Linen

1999 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy

Comedy

This is a satiric comedy about the public and private squabbles of a family-owned cough drop company. The Razzi family's business has been the economic backbone of a small Northern Italian city for years, but when Amedo (Paolo Bonacelli), the aging head of the company, is fast-talked into financing an expensive commercial set in ancient Rome by his nephew Camillo (Francesco Guzzo), war breaks out among the family. Furio (Michele Placido), husband of Amedo's daughter (Mariangela Melato) and second in command of the company, is outraged at the cost of the spot and the bad publicity it receives; he's even more upset when Amedo drops dead and the inept Camillo is handed control of the business.

Direction Mario Monicelli

Cast Paolo Bonacelli · Marina Confalone · Alessandro Haber · Benedetta Mazzini · Mariangela Melato · Ornella Muti · Gigi Proietti · Michele Placido · Pia Velsi · Gianfranco Barra · Gianfelice Imparato · Francesco Guzzo · Alessandro Nuccio · Elisabetta Perotto · Kassandra Voyagis · Angelo Orlando · Roberto Della Casa · Nicoletta Boris · Francesco Gabbrielli · Cristiana Liguori · Jessica Mazzanti