Enrico Piaggio: An Italian Dream

Synopsis

Pontedera, 1945. Enrico Piaggio's factory is in rubble. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility that rests on his shoulders: the life of many families depends on his ability to create a new job. A project is beginning to form in his mind, a dream: to create a means of transport that is small, agile and economical, but capable of reviving mobility and boosting recovery. The road to affirmation, for Piaggio and its creature, is fraught with obstacles. An avid financier, Rocchi Battaglia, uses every means to take possession of the factory. Piaggio understands that his scooter, the Vespa, can and must become "the icon of rebirth" and so, when he learns that the American director William Wyler will shoot the film Roman Holiday (1953) in Italy, he sends Suso, a young and talented employee of the public office, to make contact with him to convince him to make the Vespa the "carriage of Cinderella" on which to make the two young and in love protagonists travel.

Main Cast

Alessio Boni

Enrico Piaggio

Age : 58 | Popularity : 37%

Enrica Pintore

Paola Bechi Luserna

Age : 38 | Popularity : 35%

Francesco Pannofino

Rocchi Battaglia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Violante Placido

Livia Rivelli

Age : 48 | Popularity : 82%

Beatrice Grannò

Suso

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Moisé Curia

Peter Panetta

Age : 33 | Popularity : 9%

Roberto Ciufoli

Corradino d’Ascanio

Age : 64 | Popularity : 13%

Carmen Giardina

Terlizzi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Roberto Jannone Franco Bernini Francesco Massaro
Editing	Editor	Roberto Siciliano
Sound	Sound	Davide Magara
	Original Music Composer	Paolo Vivaldi
Directing	Director	Umberto Marino
	Assistant Director	Flavia Carimini
Camera	Director of Photography	Lorenzo Adorisio
Department	Role	Name

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