All Screwed Up

(1974) dir Lina Wertmüller w/Luigi Diberti, Nino Bignamini, Giuliana Calandra, Sara Rapisarda, Lina Polito [108 min; DCP]
An anarchically outrageous comedy, ALL SCREWED UP is ripe for rediscovery, an accomplishment as impressive as the classics she made before and after. Gigi (Diberti) and Carletto (Bignamini) are two Southern country boys traveling north to get work in Milan. Arriving with nothing but the clothes on their backs, they join the labor movement and live in a communal home. Their dreams of wealth devolve into a series of slapstick adventures, from an uproarious attempt at petty crime to the daily indignities of life in a restaurant kitchen.