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Destination Piovarolo

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{{Infobox film

| name = Destination Piovarolo

| image = Destination Piovarolo.jpg

| caption =

| director = Domenico Paolella

| writer = Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Stefano Strucchi

| starring = Totò
Tina Pica

| music = Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

| cinematography = Mario Fioretti

| editing = Gisa Radicchi Levi

| producer = Lux Film

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1955}}

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| runtime = 89 min

}}

Destination Piovarolo ({{langx|it|Destinazione Piovarolo}}) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|date=1991 |publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}}

Plot summary

In 1922, during Fascism, Antonio La Quaglia accepts the assignment to the station master in a remote town called Piovarolo, because that's where it always rains. Antonio soon realizes that life in the small village is sad, because the inhabitants are all old, deluded, dying, without hope. Antonio so hopefully he will be moved to a larger city; but the years pass and Antonio holds the same job. One day he sees off the train a beautiful lady, who does the primary school teacher. Soon the two get married and start a family, but always Antonio wants to get away from Piovarolo, but politics and the ministry do not care at all about him.

== Cast ==

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0047986}}

Category:1955 films

Category:1955 comedy films

Category:Italian comedy films

Category:Films directed by Domenico Paolella

Category:Films set in 1922

Category:Lux Film films

Category:1950s Italian-language films

Category:Italian black-and-white films

Category:1950s Italian films

Category:Italian-language comedy films

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