Eager to Live (1953)
- Original title
- Febbre di vivere
- Directed by
- Claudio Gora
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A film about young people in post-war Rome who are searching for meaning and passion in their lives but face disappointment and emotional struggle. The story follows their relationships and the tension between their hopes and the reality around them.
restlessmelancholicatmosphericearnestgroundedpensiveunderstateddramatic
What happens
Eager to Live (Italian: Febbre di vivere) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Massimo Serato, Marina Berti and Anna Maria Ferrero. Location shooting took place around Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. In 2008 the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s Hundred Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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