Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) tethers perennially on the brink of catastrophe. 　　Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money. 　　Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a silly clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune. 　　One day a train where Elvira was supposed to be traveling (to pay visit to her old mother) suffers a horrible accident falling off a bridge and no survivors are reported. 　　Alberto is overjoyed and in a veritable ecstatic rush plans to liquidate most of Elvira's assets, brings his mistress in her country villa and starts dreaming of a bright future only to be frustrated when Elvira appears alive and well: a last-minute phone call from his own accountant and handyman (Marquis Stucchi) prevented her from boarding the doomed train. 　　Frustration and anger throw Alberto in a nervous breakdown from which he emerges with a diabolic plan: sabotage the elevator in the attic where he lives with Elvira to have her killed and inherit her fortune for good. 　　The German engineer working in his factory agrees with Nardi's plan and with the help of unlikely accomplices like Marquis Stucchi and his own uncle (who acts as Alberto's chauffer) the murderous project is set in motion, with an unintended and tragicomical result. The movie is a splendid example of the commedia all'italiana which Risi directs on an unusually black register where Sordi depicts an outrageously sleazy character (arrogant to his subjects, megalomaniac, a bigoted unrepentant fascist who yet longs for recognition from the businessmen who envies). It is also interesting as a period piece, showing the contradictions and miseries lying behind Italy's postwar economic miracle.

Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) tethers perennially on the brink of catastrophe. 　　Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money. 　　Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a silly clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune. 　　One day a train where Elvira was supposed to be traveling (to pay visit to her old mother) suffers a horrible accident falling off a bridge and no survivors are reported. 　　Alberto is overjoyed and in a veritable ecstatic rush plans to liquidate most of Elvira's assets, brings his mistress in her country villa and starts dreaming of a bright future only to be frustrated when Elvira appears alive and well: a last-minute phone call from his own accountant and handyman (Marquis Stucchi) prevented her from boarding the doomed train. 　　Frustration and anger throw Alberto in a nervous breakdown from which he emerges with a diabolic plan: sabotage the elevator in the attic where he lives with Elvira to have her killed and inherit her fortune for good. 　　The German engineer working in his factory agrees with Nardi's plan and with the help of unlikely accomplices like Marquis Stucchi and his own uncle (who acts as Alberto's chauffer) the murderous project is set in motion, with an unintended and tragicomical result. The movie is a splendid example of the commedia all'italiana which Risi directs on an unusually black register where Sordi depicts an outrageously sleazy character (arrogant to his subjects, megalomaniac, a bigoted unrepentant fascist who yet longs for recognition from the businessmen who envies). It is also interesting as a period piece, showing the contradictions and miseries lying behind Italy's postwar economic miracle.

自从妻子死后，弗雷德（东尼·卡斯 Ton Kas 饰）一直过着独居的寂寞生活，每天的作息时间几乎分秒不差，他本人则像被上了发条的机器人那样，对生活燃不起丝毫的热情与兴趣。就是这样一个人，在某一天，他与名叫席欧（雷内·凡特·霍夫 René van 't Hof 饰）的流浪汉相遇了，在阴差阳错之中，这个满脑子奇思妙想总是不按常理出牌的席欧住进了弗雷德的屋子，开始了和弗雷德的共同生活。 　　一次偶然中，弗雷德发现他和席欧共同表演的“动物模仿秀”竟然在儿童之间大受欢迎，新世界的大门就此打开，弗雷德和席欧之间逐渐产生了犹如家人一般的亲情。然而，随着时间的推移，街坊邻里之间关于席欧的议论愈演愈烈，这个神秘男人背后的秘密也逐渐揭开。

An elegant dandy - he of suit, vest, tie, and top hat - ignores his wife at dinner in favor of his newspaper, so she tearfully leaves him and returns home to mother. He is ecstatic, dancing a jig at the prospect of new-found freedom, but after a series of disasters as he washes up the dishes, shops and cooks, makes his bed and tries to get a night's sleep, then looks unsuccessfully for his tie in the morning, he's at his wit's end and the place is in shambles. Will his better half return?

An elegant dandy - he of suit, vest, tie, and top hat - ignores his wife at dinner in favor of his newspaper, so she tearfully leaves him and returns home to mother. He is ecstatic, dancing a jig at the prospect of new-found freedom, but after a series of disasters as he washes up the dishes, shops and cooks, makes his bed and tries to get a night's sleep, then looks unsuccessfully for his tie in the morning, he's at his wit's end and the place is in shambles. Will his better half return?

1815年8月，在北卡罗莱纳州，一个农民鳏夫在回家的路上，他每年销售他的产品，购买股票和商品后，他将需要过冬。在他的旅程中，他遇到一个离家出走的奴隶——一名年轻女子，她正在被追杀。他决定违反法律，帮助这个奴隶获得自由……

一天晚上，三个无聊的年轻人突发奇想拜访一位与他们相交不深的老人。一开始老人看到他们还挺开心，但慢慢意识到这三个家伙是来上门抢劫的不速之客。老人拿出枪来制服他们并叫来了警察，三个年轻人就这样被抓了起来。而这竟只是一场用电脑特技模拟出来的"闹剧"。

一天晚上，三个无聊的年轻人突发奇想拜访一位与他们相交不深的老人。一开始老人看到他们还挺开心，但慢慢意识到这三个家伙是来上门抢劫的不速之客。老人拿出枪来制服他们并叫来了警察，三个年轻人就这样被抓了起来。而这竟只是一场用电脑特技模拟出来的"闹剧"。

In a world left for dead... The story of a meeting. Between a street kid and a deprived mime . Between an adult mind in a children body and a children mind in an adult body. Who says that magic couldn't exist anymore?

In a world left for dead... The story of a meeting. Between a street kid and a deprived mime . Between an adult mind in a children body and a children mind in an adult body. Who says that magic couldn't exist anymore?