

110 minutes
2/23/2001
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.

Diego Abatantuono
as Umberto Melchiorri

Sergio Castellitto
as Leone Della Rocca

Gérard Depardieu
as Angelo Melchiorri

Antonella Attili
as Giuditta Della Rocca

Claudio Bigagli
as Commissario Collegiani

Sandra Collodel
as Chiaretta, cameriera di casa Della Rocca

Augusto Fornari
as Zio Peppino

Elio Germano
as Paolo Della Rocca

Sabrina Impacciatore
as Matilde

Eliana Miglio
as Profumiera Di Veroli

Rolando Ravello
as Ignazietto Paspinelli

Gioia Spaziani
as Susanna Della Rocca

Anita Zagaria
as Margherita Melchiorri

Simone Ascani
as Lele Della Rocca
Walter Dragonetti
as Pietruccio Melchiorri / Narratore

Federica Bonavolontà
as Crispina, cameriera di casa Melchiorri

Emanuele Cerman
as Sposino

Giorgio Colangeli
as Vinaio Boccioni

Bruno Cariello
as Profumiere Di Veroli

Mauro Cremonini
Romina De Cicco
Fausto Ennio Di Cesare
as Maestro pianoforte
Ivonne Ekman
as Susanna Della Rocca

Paola Giannetti
as Portiera

Marina Giordana

Carlo Molfese
as Proprietario stabile

Giuliano Persico

Emanuele Salce
as Agente Tramontana

Jean-Claude Brialy
as Mattia Della Rocca

Claude Rich
as Conte Treuberg

Pasquale Esposito
as (uncredited)

Fabio Ferrari
as (uncredited)