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In Barca A Vela Contromano (1997)

Release Date: 01/01/1997
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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedy drama
Director: Stefano Reali
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Antonio Catania, Emanuela Rossi, Davide Bechini

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Writer-director Stefano Reali adapted his play Operations (staged in the UK by Alan Ayckbourn) for this comedy-drama. Unemployed medical grad Massimo (Valerio Mastandrea) is hired by medical authorities to uncover a scam. He poses as an injured soccer player and shares a hospital room with Luigi (Antonio Catania), confined to a wheelchair after four years of operations gone awry. Luigi is in cahoots with hospital staffers who charge fees to find hospital space for waiting-list patients who have cash. Massimo and Luigi become friends as Massimo slowly gets a handle on profiteering opportunities amid institutional bureaucracies.

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