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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.
May 8, 2014 · The 1962 comic drama follows two young men: one who smacks of Italy's joyless '50s and one who embodies the prosperity and recklessness of the '60s. The film is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
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.
May 12, 2014 · Risi dared something different: a provocative grimace of a film that hides a sudden, inextinguishable anguish in its ride through illusory pleasure. However, despite its nihilist portrait of Italian weakness, Il sorpasso reveals a sincere quest for redemption. And this was the ultimate element that audiences, perhaps unconsciously, embraced ...
Il sorpasso. Directed by Dino Risi • 1962 • Italy. Starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant. 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 ...
Il sorpasso is a 1962 Italian cult comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and one of the best examples of the commedia all'italiana film genre.
Apr 27, 2014 · The paramount feature of Italian highway driving is il sorpasso. The word sorpassare means “to pass with an automobile” and “to surpass or excel.” To sorpassare someone is to excel him socially, morally, sexually, and politically. By the same token, to be sorpassato is to lose status, dignity, and reputation. Stopping at a stop sign ...
