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1949. In an Italian coastal village, Marcello
Romero, the son of a poor fisherman,
dreams of the beautiful Elena
Gamboccini. Knowing his chances of
getting her first date when up against Armand, son and heir of the
Cessero Ice-cream magnet, to be slim, Marcello, nevertheless follows
the village tradition - The father of every sixteen year old girl is
presented with a gift on her birthday, the best present of which wins
his daughter’s hand on her first date – Remembering the
cockerel, owned by the village butcher, that wakes Mr. Gamboccini every
morning, Marcello thinks he’s found the perfect gift. But how is
he to obtain a cockerel that no one wants to sell? And if then, at how
high a price?
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