Underplayed Gems

Leoni al sole (1961)

Leoni al sole poster
Directed by
Vittorio Caprioli
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of friends in Rome navigate their aimless lives and relationships. The film follows their everyday struggles with love and money in a joking but melancholy way.

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What happens

Leoni al sole is a 1961 Italian comedy drama film. It is the directorial debut of Vittorio Caprioli. 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." In 2008, it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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