The Easy Life (Il sorpasso) (1962)

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"English title: The Easy Life, which by the way evokes "The Sweet Life", literal translation of another famous Italian movie, "La dolce vita", released two years before. Original Italian title: Il sorpasso, literally "The overtaking". In this scene, Vittorio Gassman makes the hand gesture of the horns, meaning "You are a cuckold", while he is overtaking another car. "

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" Powerful film that make you think about "life" added to my list http://www.listal.com/list/best-of-road-movies http://www.listal.com/list/my-favorite-60s-movies"

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"Original Title: 'Il sorpasso' Directed by: Dino Risi With: Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant Plot: 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 of 1962. They will spend two days together, meet both Roberto's and Bruno's family. The time Roberto spends with Bruno is a hilarious, but sometimes emotionally merciless. Note: There is a rather unknown and f"

A very good movie

“This is a rather unknown and forgotten feature. Honestly, I don't really remember how or why I ended up much watching this flick. My best guest is that there was a good critic in the TV magazine. Anyway, it was eventually a very nice surprise. I don't know why exactly but I found it rather fascinating. Maybe it has to do with the combination of sweet and sour, it was filled with joy and but it had also some huge sad moments. Even though I know both Jean-Louis Trintignat and Vittorio Gassman, I must admit, I'm rather oblovious about their work but they were both really good. I know, the whole thing was eventually not really original but I really loved the execution. The way they played with the stereotypes and the characters was quite spellbinding, at least, that's my opinion. To conclude, ” read more