La vita agra (1964)
- Directed by
- Carlo Lizzani
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 51 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 man moves from the countryside to Milan with big ambitions but finds himself struggling with the frantic pace and absurdities of city life. The film follows his disillusionment as he tries to fit into a world of consumerism and empty promises.
satiricalbleakly comicpensiveurbanrestlessdisillusionedsharp-witted
What happens
La vita agra is a 1964 Italian film by director Carlo Lizzani, based on Luciano Bianciardi's novel of the same name. 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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Le tardone (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.