Luciano, who studies at the university, falls in love with Sandra, a high school student, who returns his love. If her family is very rich, his family is of modest extraction; however, the difference in condition does not seem to be a problem, and Luciano's degree increases the hope of a happy future. However, following a sudden financial collapse, Sandra's family business failed: so, to help her parents, the girl accepted the kindness of a very rich childhood friend, deciding to marry him.
Acting
Alessandra Panaro's doe-eyed sincerity sells the whole ridiculous premise.
Score
Domenico Modugno performs—yes, THAT 'Volare' guy, already a star.
Director
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Alessandra Panaro
Sandra Carpella
Terence Hill
Luciano Pico
Rossella Como
Fanny
Luigi De Filippo
Nicola Sant'Elmo
Domenico Modugno
Mimì
Irène Tunc
Brigitte Clermont
Dolores Palumbo
Donnna Carmela
Aurelio Fierro
Aurelio
Riccardo Garrone
Sandra's father
Turi Pandolfini
Professor Avallone
Madeleine Fischer
Brigitte
Tina Pica
Mrs. Capuano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Hill was 19 here, still using his birth name Mario Girotti; he wouldn't adopt 'Terence Hill' until his German western phase in the 1960s.
This is peak 'commedia all'italiana' before it got dark—post-war prosperity fantasies where poverty is cute and solvable by love.
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