An Average Little Man
| An Average Little Man (Un borghese piccolo piccolo) | |
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| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | Vincenzo Cerami Sergio Amidei Mario Monicelli |
| Based on | Un borghese piccolo piccolo by Vincenzo Cerami |
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
| Starring | Alberto Sordi Shelley Winters Romolo Valli Vincenzo Crocitti |
| Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Giancarlo Chiaramello |
| Distributed by | Cineriz |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
An Average Little Man (Italian: Un borghese piccolo piccolo, literally meaning a petty petty bourgeois, also known in English as A Very Little Man) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Vincenzo Cerami. The movie mixes "Italian-Style Comedy" (commedia all'italiana) with psychological drama tragedy. The film was an entrant in the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."