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Dear Father

Dear Father

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 11, 1979

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

64%

Original Title

Caro papà

Production Companies

Dean Film, AMLF, Société les films Prospec

Director

Dino Risi

Description

In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).