A northern manager fakes disability for a transfer, but finds heartwarming surprises in a southern Italian town.
Cozy and crowd-pleasing, with wholesome humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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