Unfair Competition (Italian: Concorrenza sleale) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It was filmed in Cinecittà and some of its sets were used by Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, as Ettore Scola said in Néstor Birri's book.
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Plot
Rome 1938, Umberto (Diego Abatantuono) and Leone (Sergio Castellitto) own adjacent clothing stores, on the same street. Umberto is Catholic, Leone is Jewish. Racial Laws are approved in Italy in 1938 after Hitler's visit to Rome (see also Ettore Scola's A Special Day).
Cast
Diego Abatantuono as Umberto Melchiorri
Sergio Castellitto as Leone Della Rocca
Gérard Depardieu as Professor Angelo
Antonella Attili as Giuditta Della Rocca
Jean-Claude Brialy as Grandad Mattia Della Rocca
Claude Rich as Count Treuberg
Elio Germano as Paolo Melchiorri
Sabrina Impacciatore as Matilde
Rolando Ravello as Ignazietto Paspinelli
Claudio Bigagli as Commissioner Collegiani
Emanuele Salce as agent Tramontana
Awards
23rd Moscow International Film Festival Best Director
6 Nastro d'Argento nominations
David di Donatello Best Production Design