Legendary Italian pop singer Adriano Celentano served as writer, director, songwriter and star for this one-of-a-kind fusion of musical melodrama and socio-political commentary. Celentano plays Felice, a humble boatman and amateur musician who lives with his wife Adalaide (Claudia Mori) in a tiny cottage far from the smog and the corruption of the big city. But Felice's life takes an unexpected turn with the appearance of Silvia (Charlotte Rampling), the woman he used to love. Felice and Silvia were once pledged to marry, but her heart was stolen away by a wealthy man and she followed him to Milan, where she was believed to have died under mysterious circumstances. As Silvia turns away from the life she knew in the big city, Felice learns more of the evils of a corporate culture that ravages the environment, treats workers with dangerous indifference, and widens the divide between the rich and the poor. Yuppi Du was a critical success and became a cult favorite in Italy following its release in 1975, but the film was never released in North America and had fallen out of circulation when a restored print was screened as a special presentation at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. The festival revival was followed by the film's release on DVD in Italy (its first appearance on home video), appropriately in eco-friendly recycled packaging. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi