a film directed by Claudio CuppeliniThis enthusiastic farce won Best Comedy and Best Actress (Violante Placido) at the Monte Carlo Comedy Film Festival in 2007. Mattia (Luca Argentero) is a heartless young building contractor who is willing to cut corners to make a quick buck. He insists his Egyptian worker Kamal (Hassani Shapi) works on a roof without scaffolding. When Kamal falls off suddenly Kamal finds he has power over Mattia, and insists Mattia attends an elite chocolate maker's course in his place.
There is great play with confused identities and other general good humoured antics, but I warmed to the way in which Kamal's character is unfolded. The tensions between his own culture and those of his adopted country provide some of the better moments.
The film may be hard to catch around Sydney (I saw it thanks to an Italian evening at Avoca Theatre) but see it if you can, or have a chat to your local Video store.
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