Il Sorpasso
Dino Risi
Rome, 15 August. Hot-headed Bruno is desperately looking for a telephone. He asks Roberto, a shy student standing at his window if he can use his. To thank him Bruno takes him out to lunch in his convertible Lancia Aurelia Sport. He takes the young man on a wild trip from Rome to Viareggio during which they get to know each other ...
With : Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak, Claudio Gora, Luciana Angiolillo, Linda Sini
Screenplay : Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, Rugerro Maccari
Image : Alfio Contini
Editing : Maurizio Lucidi
Music : Riz Ortolani
Screenplay : Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, Rugerro Maccari
Image : Alfio Contini
Editing : Maurizio Lucidi
Music : Riz Ortolani
Production : Fair Film, Incei Film, Sancro Film
Distribution: LCJ Editions
Distribution: LCJ Editions
"Il Sorpasso (The Easy Life) (1962) is the film of the economic boom. Italians started on foot, then they had bikes. Finally they invented the Vespa and the Lambretta, and then one day the car arrived. The car is the lead character in Il Sorpasso" (Dino Risi, Le Monde)
Considered as the first Italian road movie, this masterpiece of the commedie all'Italiana has all the key aspects of Dino Risi's filmography: Vittorio Gassman at the height of his hyperactivity, memorable dialogues and an ambient pessimism. Everything is there.
Considered as the first Italian road movie, this masterpiece of the commedie all'Italiana has all the key aspects of Dino Risi's filmography: Vittorio Gassman at the height of his hyperactivity, memorable dialogues and an ambient pessimism. Everything is there.