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22 April 1964 (Italy) morePlot:
Licenziato dai padroni della miniera presso cui lavora come responsabile dei servizi culturali, Luciano Bianchi decide di vendicarsi... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
A decent movie inspired by a wonderful book moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ugo Tognazzi | ... | Luciano bianchi |
| Giovanna Ralli | ... | Anna |
| Rossana Martini | ... | Mara Bianchi |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Giampiero Albertini | ... | Libero |
| Maria Pia Arcangeli | ||
| Elsa Asteggiano | ||
| Augusto Bonardi | ||
| Antonio Bruno | ||
| Filiberto Conti | ||
| Nino Crisman | ... | The chairman |
| Elio Crovetto | ... | Carletto |
| Regina Dainelli | ||
| Paola Dapino | ||
| Gianni De Luca | ||
| Antonino Faa Di Bruno | ||
| Enzo Jannacci | ... | The ballad singer |
| Misa Pesaro | ||
| Pierangelo Priaro | ||
| Giuliana Rivera | ||
| Pippo Starnazza | ... | The librarian |
| Renato Terra | ||
| Gianni Tonelli | ||
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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This less well known '60s Italian Comedy is the attempt to translate into a movie one of the greatest books Italian contemporary literature has to offer: Luciano Bianciardi's "La Vita Agra".
The movie tells the story of Luciano Bianchi, an intellectual coming from a provincial area of Italy, moving to Milan after a mine accident killed some of his friends and co-workers. Milan in the is the symbol of the economic growth and increasingly wealthy lifestyle that characterised Italy's in the 60s, and Luciano's life changes dramatically: he leaves his wife and kids behind, gets a new job and falls in love with Anna, a young and lefty journalist.
Carlo Lizzani modified the story told by the book in many crucial parts, and making it more suitable for a movie, he took away the most touching and extraordinary features of the book: the cruel irony, the sense of disillusionment, the struggle between personal ethics and the real world during the economic boom.
A decent movie, but I definetly recommend to read the book (it's available on translation). It's my favourite book ever, by the way.