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.
00:03:49 Of course not. Anyway, it's nothing serious.
00:06:34 They have almonds in them. And I've some wine, my friend...
00:09:54 I'm pleased things are going well for Gaetano.
00:13:08 Highly important political papers.
00:16:13 OK, but explain everything to him clearly. I don't want any trouble.
00:19:20 Yes. My mother used to sing it.
00:22:50 Fine! If that's all right with you.
00:26:13 -Give me half a kilo. -I'll see if I can make it up.
00:32:49 -Where is he now? -He's at my house, in Rome.
00:36:23 He hid you in here, did he? Come with me.
00:39:19 Do you want to teach me how they do it?
00:42:20 You said you had, so I left for Naple without a care.
00:45:27 -You're kidding, aren't you? -No, I know this brand well.
00:48:42 -There's a ghost in here! -What's up?
00:51:54 I understand female psychology.
00:54:52 If we'd waited longer, he'd have turned up with a whale.
00:57:57 Here's your doggie. Cuddle it.
01:01:21 I must go. A very distinguished gentleman is expecting me.
01:04:35 -What's happening? -I'm glad! I don't like him.
01:07:19 We have to clear up this whole matter.
01:10:23 Don't you love Giovannino any more?
01:13:24 Worse! 'Cause if you were proved guilty of distributing...
01:17:30 I was as fond of him as I am fond of you.