written ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Fa usto ▁B riz zi . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁starts ▁with ▁a ▁flash back ▁of ▁protagon ist ▁Andrea ' s ▁child hood , ▁narr ated ▁by ▁adult ▁Andrea ▁mus ing ▁about ▁his ▁dis like ▁for ▁two ▁particular ▁pro ver bs . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁first , ▁there ▁is ▁always ▁a ▁first ▁time , ▁but ▁for ▁Andrea ▁the ▁last ▁times ▁are ▁even ▁more ▁important — such ▁as ▁the ▁last ▁time ▁he ▁saw ▁his ▁father , ▁who ▁left ▁the ▁family ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁night ▁many ▁years ▁ago . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁pro verb , ▁there ▁are ▁seven ▁women ▁for ▁every ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁world — And rea ▁has ▁them ▁all ▁at ▁home , ▁and ▁none ▁of ▁them ▁is ▁easy ▁to ▁deal ▁with : ▁his ▁grand m other ▁Mat ilde , ▁once ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁ast ro physics , ▁is ▁now ▁suffering ▁from ▁de ment ia ▁and ▁depends ▁her ▁live - in ▁care g iver ▁Bog d ana . ▁His ▁mother ▁Vitt oria , ▁administrator ▁of ▁ 1 1 ▁cond omin iums , ▁is ▁the ▁und is put ed ▁master ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁nick named ▁Serge ant ▁Hart man ▁( after ▁the ▁Full ▁Metal ▁Jack et ▁character ) ▁for ▁her ▁rig orous ▁ways . ▁Then ▁there ▁are ▁his ▁three ▁older ▁sister s : ▁Ver onica , ▁the ▁oldest ▁( and ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁to ▁no ▁longer ▁live ▁with ▁her ▁mother ), ▁is ▁a ▁convinced ▁femin ist ▁with ▁a ▁low ▁opinion ▁of ▁men . ▁Feder ica ,