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I thought this would be about annoying tourist Italians, and then...


a week before i went to vacation there was a report on canale 5 or italia 1 or rete 4 about Italian films made for their holiday season ferragosto.
this film was shown first -
this is how i found out about it.

when i started to watch it,
I thought this would explain rude and obnoxious behaviour by Italian tourists (next only to Russians), but I changed my mind when Bruno stopped the car and stood, smelling like a wolf, trying to figure where the girls went.

oh my,
that was so funny, amazing scene.
i cannot describe that i've seen something so funny for decades!
it was like a cartoon.

and then the talk about shyness and alienation really got me. their visit to the relatives and his wife. so simply and profound in the same time. masterwork!

now i consider to put this film in my top 10 favorite films of all time.
amazing film, i felt so much emotions like in no other film by now.

it is said comedies are the hardest to make. this one deserves the credit and should have worldwide distribution.

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