Wordless

  • Comedy
  • Romance
6/22/1996
9

Storyline

Celestino has communication problems because of his incomprehensible native dialect. When he falls madly in love with a deaf girl called Rosetta, he learns sign language and pretends to be deaf as well in order to court her.

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      • Geronimo1967

        "Celestino" (Rocco Papaleo) isn't having a good day. Nobody can understand his thick accent and he's stuck on the toilet shouting for more Andrex! Indeed, he seems to speak in a tongue that nobody understands and he struggles with them too. Then a deaf lady "Rosina" (Rosa Masciopinto) arrives at their café and the unwitting staff babble on at her unawares that she hasn't a clue what they are saying either. Maybe she and he could use this mutual language barrier to establish a rapport? Amidst the bustle of their hectic café, he sets about learning to sign! There's an important message here about the assumptions we all make when communication is easy and about how quickly we give up when it becomes more of an effort, but it is delivered - tha...

        January 17, 2025

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