THE TRAFFIC POLICEMAN
Il Vigile
Synopsis
Otello Celletti is an unemployed ex-soldier from a small town in Latium. Since the end of the war, he has been living with his family and father at the expense of his brother-in-law, Nando. One day he receives a letter that says he has been given a job as carrier in the town’s markets, despite his request to join the local police. Unwilling to accept the new job, he manages to meet the town’s Mayor and get the position he sought for. As a policeman, Otello can finally take revenge on all who had been teasing him during the post-war period when he was a jobless man, but soon starts having trouble with his duties…