I VITELLONI (I VITELLONI)

Showings

Castro Theatre Sat, Mar 7, 2020 10:00 PM
Film Info
Country:Italy
France
Year:1953
Running Time:108 min.
Language:Italian with English subtitles
Director:Federico Fellini
Producer:Jacques Bar
Mario De Vecchi
Lorenzo Pegoraro
Screenwriter:Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano
Tullio Pinelli
Cinematographer:Carlo Carlini
Otello Martelli
Luciano Trasatti
Editor:Rolando Benedetti
Cast:Franco Interlenghi
Alberto Sordi
Franco Fabrizi
Leopoldo Trieste
Riccardo Fellini

Description

An international success and recipient of an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, I Vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of a group of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives.

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto (Franco Fabrizi), the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo (Riccardo Fellini, the director’s brother) craves fame; Alberto (Alberto Sordi) is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo (Franco Interlenghi) fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo (Leopoldo Trieste) is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

DCP print from Luce Cinecitta`. Courtesy of Janus Films.

Image: Courtesy of Janus Films