简介：Anotherfabel/comedyofthedangersforthepoorItalianmanwhodarestoriseupinsocietyandchallengethehighandmighty.Thisfilmismadeinamorecomicalbutrealisticvein,andiswellfilmed.AlbertoSordi'sactingissuperb,andthereisnotaboringmomentinthefilm!ThisisatypicalItalianneorealisticcomedy,whichwasinsuchpeakforminthelate1950'sandearly1960's.Rarely,doItaliansmakesuchentertainingfilmsnowadays,(withtheexceptionofPieracchioniandfurtherbackintime,CarloVerdoni). Othello(playedbyAlbertoS.),anunemployedloser,isconstantlybeingjeeredatandpubliclyhumilatedatthelocalCafèsandbars,forbeingauselessmansupportedbyhishardworkingwife….until…..throughfamilyconnectionsandfriendshegetsajobasatrafficpolicemaninhissmallprovincialtown. Thetableiscompletelyoverturned,andasheproudlystrutsaroundinhisblackshininguniform,...notabadwordissaidbehindhisback,ashesmuglypointsouttohisson,becausenowAlbertohasbecometheauthority,andno-onedaresmovewhenhepassesby!Howeverthereisoneproblem,heentershisrolewithalittletooenthusiasm,finingandhasslingeveryone,includingtheMayor,localpoliticiansandbigwigs,buttheirannoyanceisfurtherincreased,whenheentersthelocalpoliticalscene,asamayoralcandidatewithresoundingsuccessupsettingtheestablishedorder,andatthispointtheoldplutocratshitback,andAlberto,isforcedbyblackmail,toreturntohisformerpolicejob!! Awelldeserved9vote…