Rich and Poor (1983)
Original title: Un Povero Ricco
Rich and Poor is a 1983 Italian-language comedy movie directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, with a running time of 1h 32m. It stars Renato Pozzetto, Ornella Muti and Piero Mazzarella.
Pozzetto is a rich man obsessed by the idea of becoming poor. So, his psychiatric suggests him to leave home and live just like a poor man for some days. He will then become familiar with this way of living, and fear less the idea of becoming poor. So he does, and his old family & friends soon forget about him. They don't miss him at all.
Cast
- Renato Pozzetto as Eugenio Ronconi / Eugenio Ragona
- Ornella Muti as Marta
- Piero Mazzarella as 'Fosforo' Stanislao
- Patrizia Fontana as Romina
- Nanni Svampa as maggiordomo
- Corrado Olmi as Neroni, capo del personale
- Antonio Marsina as avvocato Marini
- Dino Cassio as barista
- Ugo Gregoretti as Lo psicologo
- Giulio Massimini as Commissario
- Bruno Rosa as direttore del supermercato
- Massimo Buscemi as l'uomo che riceve i fiori