Il bambino e il poliziotto

Il bambino e il poliziotto is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. Plot summary The police officer Carlo Vinciguerra is investigating a drug trafficking cartel. In order to infiltrate it, he pretends to be the drug addicted nephew of acquaintance of Rosanna Clerici, and arrests her for possession during a party at her house. It appears however that the woman has a young child, with nobody else to care for him. Carlo ends up having to host the boy, until the judge will decide about his mother's request for house arrest. Carlo's professional and personal life as a bachelor is turned upside down by the need to look after the boy. In particular, his clandestine relationship with an already married colleague from work is put under severe stress. Meanwhile Rosanna hates Carlo, whom she blames to have unjustly entrapped her. She accepts his tutelage of her son, only because of fear for retaliation by the criminal circle with which she was still in touch. Indeed the child ends up being kidnapped, but Carlo manages to find and free him. After this, Rosanna decides to cooperate with the police, and she gets in return all charges dropped. Due to her child's requests, who has grown affectionate to Carlo, she also accepts to go on a date with him. Cast Carlo Verdone as Carlo Vinciguerra Federico Rizzo as Giulio Adriana Franceschi as Rosanna Clerici Barbara Cupisti as Lucia Luigi Petrucci as Chief Morra Gianluca Favilla as Inspector Folliero Isabella De Bernardi as Officer D'Ambrosio Claudia Poggiani as Judge Caltabiano Tony Brennero as Chief Cipriani Salvatore Billa as Carmelo Privitera Anna Maria Dossena as Adelina Cruciada Francesco Gabriele as old gangster Pietro Genuardi as Mauro, a kidnapper