Il sorpasso (1962)

Directed by

Dino Risi

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

6

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 849 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A brash and charismatic motorist picks up a shy law student for a road trip across Italy during a summer holiday. Their contrasting personalities clash and spark as they drive through coastal towns and countryside. The journey brings moments of fun and tension, gradually revealing deeper differences between the two men.

carefreebittersweetlivelymelancholicwistfulsun-drenchedunpredictablenostalgic

What happens

Il sorpasso (lit. 'The Overtaking'), also titled The Easy Life in English, is a 1962 Italian road comedy-drama film starring Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Co-written and directed by Dino Risi, it is considered his masterpiece and one of the best examples of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included in 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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