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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.
The Easy Life: Directed by Dino Risi. With Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudio Gora. An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Dino Risi
- 1963-06-20
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...
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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.
- Bruno Cortona
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.
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 12, 2014 · In a matter of days, word of mouth transformed Il sorpasso into a cultural phenomenon: unlike the reviewers, spectators embraced the bitter tone and the brazen, politically incorrect portrait of Italian society.
