Gianfranco Giachetti

The year is 1860. The Sicilian patriots, who had retreated into the mountains, awaited the arrival of Garibaldi's troops to free the island from Bourbon rule. Travelling from Sicily which was nervously preparing for the landing of the "Thousand", the shepherd Carmeliddu reached the peninsula on behalf of Father Costanzo, a friar who helped the rebels. The purpose of his mission is to reach Liguria and ensure that Garibaldi's expedition is real... (RAI International Online)

Model Wanted (Italian:Cercasi modella) is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by E.W. Emo and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Gianfranco Giachetti. It is the Italian-language version of the German film Marion, That's Not Nice, also directed by Emo.

There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. (imdb)

In this delightful mixture of romance, comedy and music, the director turns back the wheel of time about sixty years and shows the audience an Italy of primitive railroads, high bicycles and the famous "dolce far niente.