I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1989)

Directed by

Gianni Amelio

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

T

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young physics students in 1930s Rome. It shows their friendships, ambitions, and personal lives as they make scientific breakthroughs.

warmearnestbittersweetreflectivenostalgicthoughtfulunderstatedmelancholic

What happens

I ragazzi di via Panisperna (Via Panisperna Boys) is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who just made history as the Via Panisperna boys. The movie derives from a 3-hour long TV movie, which was produced and broadcast in two parts by RAI in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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