The Roof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-05-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (251 Reviews)

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Gabriella Pallotta Giorgio Listuzzi Gastone Renzelli Maria Di Rollo

Writer:

Cesare Zavattini

Fullplot:

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.

Comments:

Enim praesentium corrupti molestiae necessitatibus molestiae. A quam magnam nemo tempora. Eius magnam libero maiores ducimus id non.

By:

Anthony Cline

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