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THE BALL
(LISCIO)
Raul, aged 12, is pint-size, witty and wise for his age. He lives with his good-looking mother Monica, who has a difficult, confused love-life, littered with mistakes. She ist he singer in a colorful Liscio band founded by her father – Raul's Grandfather – Orfeo. Monica would like to give up Liscio and follow her own musical career, but her son and her dance-hall public do not like the idea. Raul sees his mother suffer when love affairs end badly. He can't bear it; so he decides to help Monica find someone who will finally make her happy and Prof. Medri, the music teacher at his school, would appear to fit the bill. Raul embarks on a series of awkward ploys to get his mother and the teacher together.
