Rent I Vitelloni (1953)
3.8 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 43min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- The film is essentially a rites of passage story involving a group of friends growing up together in a small provincial town. This seemingly aimless fraternity is led by Fausto in their daily routine of hanging around in bars and wasting their days whilst dreaming of breaking free of their parochial chains to taste the adventure the world has to offer. Events force the womanising Fausto to choose between responsibility and freedom which in turn prompts the other members of the group to look at their own futures in a new light.
- Actors:
- Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni, Lída Baarová, Arlette Sauvage, Vira Silenti, Maja Niles, Achille Majeroni, Guido Martufi, Silvio Bagolini, Milvia Chianelli, Enzo Andronico
- Directors:
- Federico Fellini
- Producers:
- Jacques Bar, Mario De Vecchi, Lorenzo Pegoraro
- Narrated By:
- Riccardo Cucciolla
- Writers:
- Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
- Others:
- Tullio Pinelli
- Aka:
- I vitelloni
- Studio:
- Nouveaux Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
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- Countries:
- Italy
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/08/2018
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Exclusive Video Essay by Guido Bonsaver 'Becoming Fellini"
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Reviews (2) of I Vitelloni
Put more coal on the fire - I Vitelloni review by drwho
I enjoyed this movie,will remind most of their own care free days.It does seem to run out of steam midway through but it pick again near the end.Nice soundtrack also
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The Wastrels of Rimini - I Vitelloni review by griggs
Turns out a film about young men wasting their lives can occasionally feel like it’s wasting a bit of mine too.
I spent a fair chunk of I Vitelloni wondering whether I’d missed something, before realising the aimlessness is basically the point. Five overgrown boys drift through parties, affairs, grand plans and minor humiliations, waiting for adulthood to happen while doing precious little to help it along.
Fausto keeps things moving mainly by treating marriage like an unfortunate clerical error, but Moraldo was the one I actually cared about. His growing suspicion that there might be a whole world beyond hanging around with these wastrels finally gave me something to grab onto.
Fellini still makes it look gorgeous. Streets, bedrooms and late-night wanderings have more life than some of the men occupying them, and the comedy has a nice streak of sadness underneath.
As Moraldo’s train leaves, we glimpse his sleeping friends left behind. It’s beautiful, quietly damning, and almost enough to make the drifting worthwhile.
A film about arrested development that occasionally arrested mine as well.
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