Toto Looks for a House

Toto Looks for a House (Totò cerca casa) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody. It was a commercial success, being the second most popular film at the box office that year.

Plot
In an post-war period Italy, the problem for every citizen is to find a comfortable place to live. Beniamino Lomacchio (Totò) is one of the many people without a home and, together with his family, he has been living in a school. He cannot live there much longer, though, because school re-opens in September. Beniamino is a poor clerk and does not know what to do; he just hopes he'll find a comfortable apartment with a landlord who doesn't ask for too much rent.

One day, however, Beniamino finds a place to move into: a cemetery caretaker's house. Not all the family is convinced it's a great idea. They stay there for a short while, fleeing when they think they see a ghost. After leaving the house, Beniamino finds another job at the studio of an artist. But even here the family Lomacchio will not agree with Beniamino. They then find a large apartment. But they've been cheated; the apartment has already been rented out to another family. Eventually, even after staying in the Colosseum, Beniamino is in a car accident. He has finally found a home: a psychiatric hospital.

Cast

 * Totò as Beniamino Lomacchio
 * Alda Mangini as Amalia, la moglie de Lomacchio
 * Lia Molfesi as Aida, la figlia
 * Mario Gattari as Figlio
 * Aroldo Tieri as Checchino, il fidanzato
 * Folco Lulli as Turco
 * Enzo Biliotti as Il sindaco
 * Mario Castellani as Truffatore
 * Pietro De Vico as Cinese
 * Flavio Forin as Vedovo
 * Giacomo Furia as Pasquale Saluto
 * Marisa Merlini as Patronessa
 * Luigi Pavese as Capo ufficio
 * Cesare Polacco as Vice custode
 * Alfredo Ragusa as Bidello