Robert (Jean Louis Trintignant) is a shy law student who meets a sponger person named Bruno Cortona (Vittorio Gassman), this is a forty and some years old man , a real Bon Vivant and convinces him to travel around Rome and Toscan in the summer 1962 . Later on , they go to Castiglioncello where lives his ex-wife (Luciana Angelillo) and daughter (Catherine Spaak) .
This splendid film deals about a voyage that undergo two different characters and describes the Italian reality by that time . It's a tragic-comedy satire with surprising finale and one of the best Italian comedies of the 60s. The pictures does a perfect portrayal of the main roles . Roberto is a very timid person, quite the opposite to bewildering Bruno, who serves as counterpoint to his disconcerting personality . The personality of hustler Bruno is special , he's a veteran who has failed at everything , as he spends all his time traveling in his sportscar and takes under his wing the timid student to teach him how to have amusement. The characters of Bruno Cortona and Roberto are magnificently interpreted by Vittorio Gassman and Jean Louis Trintignant . The two players around Rome and its surroundings for two days vibrating, in full Italian "Ferragosto" . All the screenplay develops a gentle humor but steady, which does to maintain the smile throughout the movie while showing a portrait of a wonderful Italy of the 60s , which includes the sensational musical score by Riz Ortolani , plenty of marvelous songs , Saint Tropez twists and other sounds of those years, happy and funny . Furthermore , an evocative white and black cinematography by Alfio Contini . It is a motion picture in which I have entertained a lot, a great wisdom of its director and writer Dino Risi along with Ettore Scola and Ruggero Maccari . Risi is an expert on ¨Comedia allá Italiana¨, such as he proved in ¨How funny can be sex?, The scent of woman , Tiger and the pussycat¨ and of course ¨The easy life¨ or its original title ¨Il Sorpasso¨, a tragic-comedy that achieved a big success.
This splendid film deals about a voyage that undergo two different characters and describes the Italian reality by that time . It's a tragic-comedy satire with surprising finale and one of the best Italian comedies of the 60s. The pictures does a perfect portrayal of the main roles . Roberto is a very timid person, quite the opposite to bewildering Bruno, who serves as counterpoint to his disconcerting personality . The personality of hustler Bruno is special , he's a veteran who has failed at everything , as he spends all his time traveling in his sportscar and takes under his wing the timid student to teach him how to have amusement. The characters of Bruno Cortona and Roberto are magnificently interpreted by Vittorio Gassman and Jean Louis Trintignant . The two players around Rome and its surroundings for two days vibrating, in full Italian "Ferragosto" . All the screenplay develops a gentle humor but steady, which does to maintain the smile throughout the movie while showing a portrait of a wonderful Italy of the 60s , which includes the sensational musical score by Riz Ortolani , plenty of marvelous songs , Saint Tropez twists and other sounds of those years, happy and funny . Furthermore , an evocative white and black cinematography by Alfio Contini . It is a motion picture in which I have entertained a lot, a great wisdom of its director and writer Dino Risi along with Ettore Scola and Ruggero Maccari . Risi is an expert on ¨Comedia allá Italiana¨, such as he proved in ¨How funny can be sex?, The scent of woman , Tiger and the pussycat¨ and of course ¨The easy life¨ or its original title ¨Il Sorpasso¨, a tragic-comedy that achieved a big success.