An engineer becomes the maid. The 80s Italian gender comedy you didn't know you needed.
Andrea, a forty-year old engineer, suddenly becomes unemployed while his wife France gets a promotion. He is very down hearted and since he does not want to be a burden to his family he takes the place of the house maid.
Acting
Pozzetto's physical comedy as disaster housemaid
Costume
The maid uniform as ongoing visual gag
Director
Steno
Renato Pozzetto
Andrea Ferrini
Eleonora Giorgi
Franca Ferrini
Sylva Koscina
Contessa Irene
Maurizio Micheli
Piero Persichetti, l'architetto omosessuale
Stefano Mingardo
Manolo
Felice Andreasi
l'ammiraglio
Giovanni Frezza
Mariolino Ferrini
Eleonora Grippo
Jacqueline
Andrea Montuschi
il pescivendolo
Guido Spadea
il direttore del collegio (uncredited)
Carla Monti
un'acquirente del pescivendolo che parla con Andrea (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steno directed dozens of Italian comedies; this captures the 'commedia all'italiana' tradition of using farce to poke at social change.
Eleonora Giorgi was at peak popularity here after 'Talcum Powder' (1982), making this a reunion of sorts with Pozzetto.
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