While There's War There's Hope

Original title: Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza

1974
1h 56m

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6.7/10

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Alberto Sordi in While There's War There's Hope (1974)

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama

Pietro Chiocca shifts from hydraulic pumps to heavy war weapons selling. He starts traveling all around the third world looking for clients, and contract by contract his economic situation s... Read allPietro Chiocca shifts from hydraulic pumps to heavy war weapons selling. He starts traveling all around the third world looking for clients, and contract by contract his economic situation shoot up, raising also his social status. But is never enough for his family, their needs i... Read allPietro Chiocca shifts from hydraulic pumps to heavy war weapons selling. He starts traveling all around the third world looking for clients, and contract by contract his economic situation shoot up, raising also his social status. But is never enough for his family, their needs increase more than the available earnings. For Pietro to sell weapons is becoming every day... Read all

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6.7/10

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In the part of the movie which takes place in a Portuguese colony in Africa, an arch can bee seen with the inscription "Vacances océanes au Senegal" (i.e. "Oceanic Holydays in Senegal"), as it was really filmed in Senegal.

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8/10

a very good movie about an army seller

Alberto Sordi directs and stars in this movie. He puts all his class in acting. Probably his greatest shape had gone at the time. He plays a family man whos job is selling weapons to African dictators. He will be forced to give those weapons to the guerrillas after he's been captured by those guys. The plot doesn't tell much but there's many reasons watching this movie: Sordi puts all his melancholic vision of life in this movie making the story so real despite the unique role he's playing. Beside it's remarkable that his sons are first disgusting his job of death seller but then he has to go on with his job to give his family the wealthy life they were having. Remarkable is also the soundtrack by Piero Piccioni.