Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

I nuovi mostri (1977)

I nuovi mostri poster
Directed by
Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Dino Risi
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
T
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 233 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Italian movie is made up of 14 short episodes. Each one shows people acting in foolish or selfish ways, poking fun at different parts of Italian society.

satiricalepisodicobservationalwrybitinghumorousdarksardonicsharp

What happens

I nuovi mostri ("the new monsters"), known as Viva l'Italia! in the English-language version, is a 1977 commedia all'italiana film composed by 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. It is a sequel of I mostri, made in 1963. It is followed by I mostri oggi (2009). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?