The Roof

The Roof (1956)

September 29th, 19561h 37min

Drama
74%

Overview

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.


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