The Simple Life

Overview

Marco and his son Toto work in a Venetian gondola yard and maintain the old traditions of gondoliers. When a newly-arrived businessman decides he wants to buy the yard and demolish it, Marco and company want to fight to preserve their way of life. The businessman, however, knows Marco is badly in debt and uses this to try to leverage Marco out of business. Can tradition win out in the face of naked commercialism?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1946

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Scalera Film

Cast

Giulio Stival,Gino Cavalieri,Anna Mancini,Maurizio D'Ancora,Luciano De Ambrosis

Director

Francesco De Robertis

Writer

Francesco De Robertis,Giovanni Passante Spaccapietre

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0038226