Two broke Italians gamble on a Brazilian lottery they've never seen—chaos ensues.
A fallen nobleman convinces a Roman coachman that he has found the way to win at Sambo, a Brazilian game of chance. Sent a messenger to Brazil to gamble, the two men go wild and run up debts. When they realize they have won nothing, they initially fall into total despair; however the coachman had played a coupon from the football pools on his own account. He will win and make things right.
Acting
Nando Bruno's desperate, sweaty optimism as the conned coachman.
Writing
The razor irony of salvation arriving from the wrong bet entirely.
Director
Paolo William Tamburella
Nando Bruno
Romolo Cicerchia, il vetturino
Ave Ninchi
Amalia
Dina Galli
La contessa madre
Mitzi Roman
Laura
Paolo Stoppa
Manuel, il pittore
Lauro Gazzolo
Orseolo Orsetto, il conte
Gildo Bocci
Gigetto
Arturo Bragaglia
Il medico dell'ospedale psichiatrico
Giuseppe Porelli
Il poliziotto brasiliano
Gemma Bolognesi
Altra vicina di casa
Amina Pirani Maggi
La cartomante
Renato Malavasi
Il matto che si crede imperatore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sambo was part of a brief wave of Italian comedies mocking the postwar 'economic miracle' before it actually arrived.
The Brazilian lottery game depicted was largely fictional to Italian audiences, making the scam premise even more absurd.
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