Overview
A TV series composed of eleven episodes and a conclusion, it aired in six one-hour programs starting on October 6, 1985. Lasting about half an hour each, the episodes are separated by intermissions starring three characters: Good, Evil, and Destiny. LA MORTE PORTA CONSIGLIO: At her father's deathbed, a daughter asks the man to tell her the winning Lotto numbers once he makes it to the after-life. But the man is offended by the modest funeral he receives and has fun playing pranks on his daughter. IL FATTACCIO: a doorman is paid to show an apartment in which something gruesome happened. Determined to keep the extra work, he invents increasingly grisly stories to keep interested buyers away. LADRI: two thieves in a working-class neighborhood have tragicomic adventures. L’IMBIANCONE: a very shy man enters a shoe store to buy a pair of shoes and seduce the female shop owner.
Cast
- Giulietta Masina as Destino
- Jacques Dufilho as Il Male
- Héctor Alterio as Il Bene
- Franco Citti as Sam
- Michela Miti as seduttrice
- Gigi Proietti as Pompeo
- Ugo Tognazzi as Sig. De Amicis
- Carlo Verdone as Armando
- Renato Pozzetto as Verde Luna
- Enrico Montesano as portiere