I Vitelloni (1953)
- Original title
- I vitelloni
- Directed by
- Federico Fellini
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 740 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of five aimless young men in a small Italian town spend their days loafing and avoiding responsibility. The film follows them as each faces a moment of personal change, revealing the tension between their childish habits and the need to grow up.
bittersweetnostalgicslow-burnobservationalmelancholicplayfulgroundedwry
What happens
I Vitelloni (Italian pronunciation: [i vitelˈloːni], lit. "The Bullocks"; Romagnol slang for "The Slackers" or "The Layabouts") is a 1953 Italian comedy drama film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay written by himself, Ennio Flaiano, and Tullio Pinelli. It stars Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, and Riccardo Fellini (the director's brother) as five young Italian men at crucial turning points in their small-town lives. Recognized as a pivotal work in Fellini's artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy. Recipient of both the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion in 1953 and an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing in 1958, the film was also Fellini's first commercial success. In 2008, it was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 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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Scampolo 53 (1953)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.