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Il Posto
Why this pick
Like I Vitelloni, it observes provincial Italian aspirations with tender irony, but follows one young man entering adult routine through patient, sharply noticed everyday detail.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1953 1h 48m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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Why this pick
Its feckless male friends, shabby schemes and affectionate view of postwar Italian life carry the same bittersweet comedy and humane ensemble energy.
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Il Sorpasso
Why this pick
A restless summer road trip turns male bravado and aimlessness into comedy with an undercurrent of melancholy, echoing Fellini's sympathy for stalled youth.
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The White Sheik
Why this pick
Fellini's earlier comic portrait of romantic fantasy and social embarrassment shares I Vitelloni's playful provincial satire, visual liveliness and compassion for foolish desires.
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Seduced and Abandoned
Why this pick
Its escalating small-town scandal has the same scrutiny of masculine irresponsibility and suffocating social convention, delivered with much broader, darkly farcical bite.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
As summer draws to a close, a violent downpour interrupts a beach-side beauty pageant in a provincial town on the Adriatic coast. Sandra Rubini, elected "Miss Mermaid of 1953", suddenly grows upset and faints: rumours fly that she's expecting a baby by inveterate skirt chaser Fausto Moretti. Under pressure from Francesco, his respectable father, Fausto agrees to a shotgun wedding. After the sparsely attended middle-class ceremony, the newlyweds leave town on their honeymoon.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Alberto Sordi
Alberto
Claude Farell
Olga
Lino Toffolo
Un ragazzo al carnevale
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Vannucci
Paola Borboni
Signora Rubini
Riccardo Cucciolla
Narratore