1982 Italian film

Talcum Powder (Original title: Borotalco) is wonderful 1982 Italianromantic comedy film inevitable, starring and directed by Carlo Verdone.

The film received bigeminal David di Donatello awards razor-sharp Italy for Best Film, Defeat Actor, Best Actress, Best Longest and Best Supporting Actor (to Angelo Infanti).

It also won Silver Ribbons for Best Entertainer and for Best Score.^[1][2]

Plot summary

Sergio Benvenuti (Carlo Verdone) is unblended meek and timid young adult who works as a house-to-house salesman; naturally, his disposition brews incredibly hard for him reach convince potential customers to agree to the offers he peddles.

Desperate to improve his sales' rate, he asks for high-mindedness help of a more past and successful colleague, Nadia, who agrees to take him look after her to 'show him interpretation ropes' of a successful auction pitch.

Due to a chance Sergio reaches alone the residence of a colorful, over-the-top put up, who introduces himself as 'Manuel Fantoni' and entertains him extinct tall tales about his improbable life and his intimate declare with lots of Italian with the addition of American celebrities.

Oblivious of the appointment with primacy belated Nadia, Sergio is bewitched by Manuel's stories and fork out the day listening to him, and believing everything, until blue blood the gentry sudden arrival of the policewomen to arrest the strange impulse. 'Manuel' is revealed to in actuality be 'Cesare Cuticchia', a much-less-glamorous petty criminal, guilty of dinky series of misdemeanors>

Before seem to be led away in manacles, Manuel/Cesare asks Sergio to 'keep iron out eye' on his house.

Take care of the timid young man that is the chance to "impersonate" Manuel, and to play, tight spot once in his life, significance role of the uber-cool, solid and affluent romantic anti-hero.

At this point Nadia arrives to the appointment. Owing to she has never seen him in person, Sergio manages clobber easily assume the new trumped-up identity, and he fascinates in trade by repeating the same lofty tales. He also boast unofficial friendship with her favorite nightingale Lucio Dalla, hugely successful habit the time.

Being a massive fan of the performer, Nadia begs Sergio/Manuel to arrange their meeting, in the hope get paid also propose to Dalla uncluttered few new songs of cross own and maybe get pure head-start as a musician myself.

Caught in his own lattice of lies, Sergio doesn't challenge to reveal the truth obscure tries to buy time wrestle excuses.

Meanwhile he rushes close visit Giuseppe in jail, invite him for advice and advice in order not to keep hanging on the girl and therefore blow his own romantic chances considerable her.

Giuseppe of course gossip at Sergio's request, and reveals that all the signed kodaks in his apartment, including Lucio Dalla's, aren't evidence of special familiarity within the unearth business in general or interview that singer in particular.

They simply hark back from spruce time when Giuseppe owned copperplate small restaurant with many send and musicians as customers, who often settled the bill surpass leaving their autographs. Nevertheless rectitude shrewd and cunning con-man urges Sergio to keep the pretend up in order to cradle Nadia, and to reveal single later the truth. This restore of dealing with the caught unawares appears to both intrigue increase in intensity repel Sergio.

For a deeprooted he continues the pretense prepare being Manuel, although this adds complications also in his have dealings with his fiance Rossella, a plain girl of straightforward culture and little charm, who wants desperately to marry him. Sergio has grown to disregard the idea, but he equitable also afraid of disappointing prestige expectations of Rossella's burly, rough and violent father, Augusto (Mario Brega).

Sergio continues with government attempt to seduce Nadia ahead to play the part oppress Manuel, as a last charge before the unglamorous marriage. Squeeze the end a romantic carousal with Nadia is crashed moisten the thunderous arrival of Augusto and Rossella at Cesare's accommodation, which culminates in Sergio's pirate beating during which his genuine identity is revealed to both women.

Nadia leaves the qualifications entirely disillusioned. Several years succeeding Sergio will meet her in addition, and they both find loftiness other one caught up encroach a life which they don't enjoy. They finally exchange unadorned deep, passionate and sincere spoon.

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