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Il sorpasso (lit. ' "the overtaking" '), also titled The Easy Life in English, is a 1962 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak.
Il sorpasso è un film italiano del 1962 diretto da Dino Risi. La pellicola, generalmente considerata il capolavoro del regista milanese ed uno dei capisaldi della commedia all'italiana, costituisce uno degli affreschi cinematografici più rappresentativi dell'Italia del cosiddetto miracolo economico a cavallo degli anni cinquanta e sessanta.
Aug 18, 2022 · Watch the classic Italian road comedy film Il sorpasso, directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant. A madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany, full of slapstick, tragedy and the good life.
A classic Italian road comedy about a bachelor and a law student who travel from Rome to Tuscany. Watch the film, listen to interviews, read essays and more on this Criterion release.
May 12, 2014 · A critical analysis of Dino Risi's 1962 comedy Il sorpasso, a road movie that depicts the clash between a charlatan and a loser in postwar Italy. The essay explores the film's themes, style, and reception, and its place in the golden age of Italian cinema.
The ultimate Italian road comedy, IL SORPASSO stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany.
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
