Alvaro Gasperoni (nicknamed ), a Roman simpleton, with a school career characterized by the elementary school certificate obtained in Rome, the middle one in
Frosinone, the high school one in
Catanzaro and the high school one in
Canicattì, obtained with relative difficulty a coveted degree in medicine in
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); the more the school is southwards, the less it was demanding to issue diplomas. Thanks to his father's powerful recommendation obtained by the
P2 Masonic lodge, he soon began working as a doctor in a Roman hospital, surrounded by rampant but equally incompetent colleagues. The head physician of the clinic states that "the value of a doctor is measured by the number of patients he has", and therefore Alvaro has all his relatives hospitalized to obtain the vice-primary chair, which he actually obtains only to be fired by the councilor for health who, disguised as a simple patient, had been admitted to check the progress of the health facility. == Cast ==