Rich and Poor

6.0 (131 votes)• 1983• 92m•Released

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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.

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Production Details

Languages: Italian, German

Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile

Starring Cast: Renato Pozzetto, Ornella Muti, Piero Mazzarella, Patrizia Fontana, Nanni Svampa, Corrado Olmi

Cast

Renato Pozzetto

Eugenio Ronconi / Eugenio Ragona

Ornella Muti

Marta

Piero Mazzarella

'Fosforo' Stanislao

Patrizia Fontana

Romina

Nanni Svampa

maggiordomo

Corrado Olmi

Neroni, capo del personale

Antonio Marsina

avvocato Marini

Dino Cassio

barista

Ugo Gregoretti

Lo psicologo

Giulio Massimini

Commissario

Bruno Rosa

direttore del supermercato

Massimo Buscemi

l'uomo che riceve i fiori

Massimo Mirani

venditore abiti usati

Alfio Patanè

muratore che dà la forchettata a Eugenio

Umberto Amambrini

Hotel receptionist

Calogero Azzaretto

uomo in questura

Frank Nuyen

Japanese man (uncredited)

Gabriele Tozzi

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