Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
So this is what an Italian Ealing comedy looks like. Instead of a scheming Alec Guinness, we get Antonio Buonocore (the legendary comedian Totò), a residential building custodian. He does not set out to craft a nefarious plot; rather, shortly before learning that he will be forced out by the new owners, a tenant passes on the plates and paper he stole, long ago, when working at the mint.
The resulting "band of honest men" perpetrate their forgery, with predictably farcical consequences -- many of them deriving from the fact that Michele, Antonio's policeman son, is promoted to the anti-forgery squad.
Amusing, but didn't really work for me. The farcical elements are rather muted and I got the sense there was some Italian wordplay that did not translate.