I Vitelloni

Movie

1953

1h 43m

Italian

Comedy, Drama

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I Vitelloni

Movie

1953

1h 43m

Italian

Comedy, Drama

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Watch on The Criterion Channel

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo 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.

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Cast

Moraldo Rubini

Alberto

Fausto Moretti

Leopoldo Vannucci

Riccardo

Sandra Rubini

Francescco Moretti

Olga

Michele Curti

Signor Rubini

Signora Rubini

Giulia Curti

La sconosciuta del cinema

Gisella

Sergio Natali

Guido

Giudizio

L'amica di Riccardo

Un ragazzo al carnevale

Narratore

Ballerina

Ballerina

se stesso

Directed By: Federico Fellini

Written By: Federico Fellini (Screenplay), Ennio Flaiano (Story), + 2 more

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manicure says...

3 years ago

"I Vitelloni" is a humorous but critical portrait of a generation of Italians, as well as a poignant love letter to Fellini's hometown Rimini and provincial Italy in general. The bittersweet sense of melancholy that permeates the film comes from the fact that the five "young" men are way past the age of dreaming, but still keep dodging any kind of responsibility and clinging to the same purposeless lifestyle. In the end, Moraldo is the only one to finally realize that underneath their clown masks, they are nothing but losers in an old town. I wouldn't call it a neorealist film, but Fellini's style here is still quite distant from the baroque extravaganza of the 60's.

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massimilianopennone-deleted-1551969758 says...

9 years ago

Le intuizioni felliniane (come le scene finali e quelle delle feste) stavolta non bastano: la trama è inconsistente e veramente poco travolgente. I personaggi non interessanti come gli altri film del regista; lo stesso Sordi appare sottotono e non alla sua migliore interpretazione.

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

I will admit that I still struggle to quite understand the awe Fellini seems to generate amongst fans. His films are beautifully shot but usually involve the most shallow of individuals faffing around in a vacuous world of privilege and emptiness. This one is much the same - "Fausto" (Franco Fabrizi More

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