Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.

Silvio Orlando
as Luciano Sandulli

Nanni Moretti
as Cesare Botero

Giulio Brogi
as Francesco Sanna

Anne Roussel
as Juliette

Angela Finocchiaro
as Irene

Graziano Giusti
as Sebastiano Tramonti

Lucio Allocca
as Remo Gola

Dario Cantarelli
as Carissimi

Antonio Petrocelli
as Polline

Gianna Paola Scaffidi
as Adriana