Traffic Jam (1979)
- Original title
- L'ingorgo
- Directed by
- Luigi Comencini
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 79 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A massive traffic jam on a highway outside Rome strands drivers and passengers for days. The film follows a variety of people trapped in their cars, revealing their frustrations and darkly comic interactions.
satiricalfrustratingbleakcomedictensechaoticabsurdsocially-critical
What happens
Traffic Jam (Italian: L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile) is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film, although uncredited, is based on the 1966 short story "L'Autoroute du sud" by Julio Cortázar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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