Vittorio De Sica
Director
The Roof (1956)
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.
Keywords: imdb.housing-problem, imdb.woman, imdb.man, imdb.motor-vehicle, imdb.fiat, imdb.fiat-motor-vehicle, imdb.bus + 14 more, imdb.house, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.poverty, imdb.italy, imdb.social-issues, imdb.couple, imdb.married, imdb.married-couple, imdb.housing-shortage, imdb.illegal-construction, imdb.post-world-war-two-italy, tmdb.rome-italy, aspectratio.1-37-1, awards.festival-cannes-winner
Production Companies: Titanus, Produzioni De Sica
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Runtime: 97 min.
Released: Sept. 29, 1956
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+