Down with Misery!
1945 · 79 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 198 VOTES · DIR. Gennaro Righelli
Overview
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,179 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:26 -What do you want? -I've brought you the appliance.
00:03:52 Nothing serious? I might get blood poisoning.
00:06:43 If it were all oil, do you think I wouldn't have told you?
00:10:03 -Anyone who can't keep afloat... -Drowns.
00:13:21 It's as if you already had the case in your hands.
00:16:33 I'm coming!
00:19:46 'The land all around produces...
00:23:15 This is for you. Now you can get rid of those rags.
00:27:53 With the radio on you're using up 1 0 lire worth on electricity.
00:33:18 He's a real rat, isn't he?
00:37:05 -I apologize for disturbing you. -I hope to see you again, Mr. Ray.
00:40:00 The case! Hey, you! Stop! My case!
00:43:06 -I'll pay you back. -Sure!
00:46:27 He's confessed. Calm down. You're too worked up.
00:50:05 -You're too much of a simpleton. -Hey, young man!
00:52:47 strolling around Naples, with the moon and the sea
00:56:09 -So you've gotten rid of it! -I couldn't take it anymore.
00:59:17 OK, I won't say another word.
01:02:35 See who's at the door. Today, we'll never get out.
01:05:57 They can arrest Gaetano, but what's my Giovannino done?
01:08:47 Do have a seat. What's this about?
01:12:02 Then let him study.
01:14:58 Shall I leave it here? There's a socket I can plug it into.
300:00:00 a kiss from your Nannina.