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Mannaggia alla miseria! (2009)

Genre : Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Lina Wertmüller
Writer : Ivan Cotroneo, Tiziana Masucci

Synopsis

Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace prize winner, is known in the whole world as the banker of the poor, because he pioneered and tested a funding system in Bangladesh: by lending little sums of money to the less well-off with no interest, and returning it by installments gained with their work, people are able to get free from extreme misery. Thus, what can happen if three boys, just graduated, who live in Naples, try to import this funding system that subverts every economic rule?

Actors

Gabriella Pession
Gabriella Pession
marina
Sergio Assisi
Sergio Assisi
Antonio
Tommaso Ramenghi
Tommaso Ramenghi
Ennio Coltorti
Ennio Coltorti
Angela Pagano
Angela Pagano
Susanna Marcomeni
Susanna Marcomeni
Ciro Esposito
Ciro Esposito

Crews

Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller
Director
Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller
Writer
Ivan Cotroneo
Ivan Cotroneo
Screenplay
Tiziana Masucci
Tiziana Masucci
Screenplay
Italo Greco
Italo Greco
Music
Lucio Gregoretti
Lucio Gregoretti
Music
Claudio Sabatini
Claudio Sabatini
Cinematography
Stefania Bifano
Stefania Bifano
Producer
Ida Di Benedetto
Ida Di Benedetto
Producer

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