The Art of Getting Along (1954)

Original title

L'arte di arrangiarsi

Directed by

Luigi Zampa

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

T

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a roguish Sicilian man who adapts his principles to survive in Italy from 1913 to 1953. It is a satirical look at Italian society and politics during the rise and aftermath of fascism.

satiricalfast-pacedwrypoliticalcynicalhistoricalcomedic

What happens

The Art of Getting Along (Italian: L'arte di arrangiarsi) is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following Difficult Years and Easy Years, it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian politics under the continuing shadow of fascism conceived by Vitaliano Brancati. In the person of an unprincipled Sicilian rogue, it delivers a satirical portrait of Italian society from 1913 to 1953. In 2008, the film 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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