(1953) dir Federico Fellini w/Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi [104 min] Based on Fellini’s own experiences as an adolescent, this film is both a fond recollection and an indictment of his “vitelloni” – aimless, good-for-nothing, bored loafers common to Italian provincial life.
“Technically, it is an elegant exercise in cinematic diction. Literally, it is a murderous satire curiously infused with tenderness for the thing it destroys.” – Time Magazine
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(1953) dir Federico Fellini w/Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi [104 min] Based on Fellini’s own experiences as an adolescent, this film is both a fond recollection and an indictment of his “vitelloni” – aimless, good-for-nothing, bored loafers common to Italian provincial life.