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Director:
Writers:
Dino Risi (story) and
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Release Date:
5 December 1962 (Italy) more
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Plot:
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
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A Movie I Could See Every Week and Not Be Bored With It more (18 total)

Cast

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Vittorio Gassman ... Bruno Cortona
Catherine Spaak ... Lilly Cortona
Jean-Louis Trintignant ... Roberto Mariani (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
Claudio Gora ... Bibi
Luciana Angiolillo ... Bruno's wife
Linda Sini ... Aunt Lidia
Franca Polesello
Barbara Simon
Lilly Darelli
Mila Stanic
Nando Angelini ... Amedeo
Edda Ferronao
Luigi Zerbinati ... Il commendatore
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Easy Life (USA)
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Runtime:
105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Among the audience watching the table-tennis game on the beach a very young Vittorio Cecchi Gori (son of Mario Cecchi Gori, producer of this film) can be seen. He eventually became a film producer himself. more
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Featured in Wanderlust (2006) (TV) more
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A Movie I Could See Every Week and Not Be Bored With It, 4 March 2006
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Author: palmiro from United States

When Bruno hits the road in his Fiat Spider (or was it an Alfa Romeo?) with the nerdish Roberto, it's a whirlwind ride for the audience as well, with your emotions riding high throughout. Gassman's "Bruno" is as perfect a portrait as one can imagine of the Italian who just floats through life, never taking things or others very seriously, always finding shortcuts and discovering truths that others disparage or fear. He's the classic embodiment of the Italian "furbo" (wise guy), who thinks he knows how to "play" the world and all the people in it. One of the greatest cinematic explorations of the stuff of contemporary life you'll ever see and the possibilities (all too limited) of overcoming the alienation inherent in it.

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