Arance & martello

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.