I vitelloni
Directed by:
Federico FelliniComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Leonora Ruffo, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Jean Brochard, Lída Baarová, Achille Majeroni (more)Plots(1)
Five young men linger in post-adolescent limbo dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink, women, and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini's second solo directorial effort (originally released in the U.S. as The Young and the Passionate) is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches: Skirt-chaser Fausto, forced to marry a girl he has impregnated; Alberto, the perpetual child; Leopoldo, a writer, thirsting for fame; and Moraldo, the only member of the group troubled by a moral conscience. (official distributor synopsis)
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For me, Fellini's best film so far. Although the director achieved worldwide fame with his later works, I'm probably more of a fan of his early efforts. The Young and the Passionate is a great mosaic of small-town characters who would love to be headed for stardom, but instead stay in the same hole over and over again. Non-judgmental, heartfelt and emotionally turbulent in the best sense of the word.
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