Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.
Silvio Orlando
Sandro Molino
Sabrina Ferilli
Marisa
Ennio Fantastichini
Ruggero Mazzalupi
Laura Morante
Cecilia Sarcoli
Antonella Ponziani
Francesca
Piero Natoli
Marcello
Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Luciana Mazzalupi
Gigio Alberti
Roberto
Silvio Vannucci
Mauro Santucci
Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.
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