While There's War There's Hope

While There's War There's Hope

Directed by	Alberto Sordi
Written by	Alberto Sordi Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi
Starring	Alberto Sordi Silvia Monti
Cinematography	Sergio D'Offizi
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Production company	Rizzoli Film
Distributed by	Mundial Filmes (1975, Portugal) Iris (2016, Italy)
Release date	1974 (1974)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

While There's War There's Hope (Italian: Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza) is a 1974 satirical Commedia all'italiana film written, directed and starring Alberto Sordi.^[1]^[2] The film's success in Italy led to its title becoming a proverb.

Plot

Pietro Chiocca (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian retailer, who sells hydraulic pumps. He realizes he will make money only if he starts selling weapons to poor Third World countries. The business is very successful although tiring and not exempt from risks. Pietro goes about it with dedication, enjoying the challenge of outsmarting his rivals and resorting to any tactics, no matter how immoral, to secure his dealings. This forces him to travel continuously, without playing much of a part to the life of his family. He loves them dearly and avoids sharing with them how their wealth is generated. On their side, they appear to take it for granted, always asking for more and squandering it in blissful ignorance. During a business deal, Pietro is exposed more directly to the consequences of his weapons sales. A journalist also publishes a scoop which identifies him openly, and which raises public indignation among the general public. Pietro is shamed by his neighbors, his wife and children. However, when he explains them that he's ready to abandon the arms dealing business and go back to a less questionable but also less remunerative job, which will leave them poorer, none of them is willing to return to a more modest lifestyle. He is solicited instead to continue and to anticipate preparations for the next deal.

Cast

Alberto Sordi as Pietro Chiocca
Silvia Monti as Silvia, Pietro's wife
Alessandro Cutolo as Pietro's Uncle
Matilde Costa Giuffrida as Pietro's Mother-in-law
Edoardo Faieta as Gutierrez
Mauro Firmani as Dicky
Eliana De Santis as Giada
Sergio Puppo as Balcazar
Roy Bosier as Rabal
Samuel Cummings as Himself

References

^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti – Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
^ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN 8808227227.

External links

While There's War There's Hope at IMDb

Films directed by Alberto Sordi

Fumo di Londra (1966)
Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966)
An Italian in America (1967)
Help Me, My Love (1969)
Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera")
Polvere di stelle (1973)
While There's War There's Hope (1974)
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
Catherine and I (1980)
I Know That You Know That I Know (1982)
Journey with Papa (1982)
Il tassinaro (1983)
Everybody in Jail (1984)
Un tassinaro a New York (1987)
Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992)
Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994)
Incontri proibiti (1998)

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