Il portaborse (1991) Online
Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (Silvio Orlando). Sandulli is a very good and polite person, he is positive and full of hopes, but unluckily his economic position is disastrous. So he immediately accepts the new job. He has to write all the speeches of the minister, and soon became a sort of mentor. In fact his first impact with Rome and his politician world is positive, Sandulli is really convinced the young minister want really change the situation working for the common interest. But step by step, nevertheless his economic and familiar situation gets a lot of benefits by his new job, he enters in a world in which intrigues and corruption are the only laws. The honest Sandulli will react trying to resist to the cynic world of Botero. He will come back to his students.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Silvio Orlando | - | Luciano Sandulli |
 | Nanni Moretti | - | Cesare Botero |
 | Giulio Brogi | - | Francesco Sanna |
 | Anne Roussel | - | Juliette |
| Graziano Giusti | - | Sebastiano Tramonti |
| Lucio Allocca | - | Remo Gola |
| Dario Cantarelli | - | Carissimi |
| Antonio Petrocelli | - | Polline |
| Gianna Paola Scaffidi | - | Adriana |
 | Giulio Base | - | Driver |
| Guido Alberti | - | Carlo Sperati |
 | Renato Carpentieri | - | Sartorio |
| Silvia Cohen | - | Giuliana Botero (as Silva Cohen) |
| Roberto De Francesco | - | Zollo |
| Dino Valdi | - | Federico Castri |
Nanni Moretti's character, Cesare Botero, is loosely based on controversial Italian politician Claudio Martelli.
The role of Cesare Botero was originally offered to Gian Maria Volontè (who didn't like the script) and Giancarlo Giannini (who asked too much money). The director also considered Renato Carpentieri and Paolo Villaggio before offering the part to Nanni Moretti. Moretti originally turned down the role, considering himself to be 'too young, too handsome, too democrat' for the part.
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