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Synopsis: One year in a small northern Italian coastal town in the late 1930s is presented. The slightly off-kilter cast of characters are affected by time and location, the social mores dictated largely by Catholicism and the national fervor surrounding Il Duce aka Benito Mussolini and Fascism. The stories loosely center on a mid-teen named Titta and his household including his adolescent brother, his ever supportive mother who is always defending him against his father, his freeloading maternal Uncle Lallo, and his paternal grandfather who slyly has eyes and hands for the household maid. Other townsfolk include: Gradisca, the town beauty, who can probably have any man she wants, but generally has no one as most think she out of their league; Volpina, the prostitute; Giudizio, the historian; a blind accordionist; and an extremely buxom tobacconist. The several vignettes presented include: the town bonfire in celebration of spring; life at Titta's school with his classmates and teachers; Aurelio
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Federico Fellini
Production: Janus Films
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1973
123 min
1,960 Views


X1 = 1 40.

X2 = 3/5ths of the total,

less the difference.

ls that clear?

What have you done?

Are you crazy?

Janitor!

- Greek is so beautiful, isn't it?

- You betcha.

lt's so musical.

Emarpszamen.

Repeat after me.

Quiet.

Quiet down, the rest of you.

Try it again.

- Teacher, could you be so kind -

- As to what?

Could l hear it again?

Certainly. Listen.

Careful with the tongue.

lt has to go here,

against the palate.

Then spit it out.

Quiet.

Try once more.

You see?

Greek is so difficult.

What did you do

with your tongue?

Don't stick it out so far.

- Like this?

- That's right.

- Back to your seat, damn it!

- l nearly had it that time.

- Who's that?

- lt's Ciccio.

- Let me have that.

- Just one drag, okay?

ls it true Aldina tore up

yet another of your poems?

Yeah, but l've got another one.

"What a kind, gentle maiden

thou art, Aldina.

You set my heart beating

like a steam hammer."

- lt's so nice and warm outside.

- l prefer Aldina's mother.

l wonder who's down

on the beach this morning.

Fu Manchu!

Volpina!

Volpina, come here!

What are you doing here?

What do you want?

l lost my pussycat.

Really?

There are no cats around here.

Go on home now.

lt's hot, isn't it?

Aren't you all hot?

She's an odd one, eh?

Be a good girl and run on home.

There are no cats here.

ey, boss!

Mortar wrote another poem.

When do you manage

to write these poems?

Mortar, let the boss

hear your poem.

Let's hear it.

What's it called?

- "Bricks."

- Good title.

"My grandfather made bricks.

My father made bricks.

l make bricks too,

but where's my house?"

Very true.

l get your point.

Quite right.

But l, too, was once a poor man,

and l gradually worked

my way up to master builder.

Things don't just fall in your lap.

You have to be patient.

You have to work.

With hard work, you can do it.

You have to work.

Aren't we working?

That's enough!

No drinking before the soup.

Not before the soup.

- ls that engraved somewhere?

Your stomach will swell up.

l read it in the paper.

- Keep your hands to yourself!

- There's a spoon missing.

- ls it hot, Lallino?

- A little.

- Gimme a lot!

- You'll get your share.

Would you like some more, Lallo?

There's a little left.

- as it got enough salt?

- Yes, Grandpa.

Gina, give Grandpa a little.

- e's already eaten.

My father's father

was known as "Big Meat."

He lived to be 1 07

and he was still doing it!

l can't take anymore.

So?

So when l was little, he taught me

to eat at 1 1 :
00 in the morning,

before the sun burns your head,

and at 4:
00 in the afternoon.

Otherwise food is like poison

that gets into your blood.

Aren't you eating?

What did you do

to your mother?

Nothing.

lt's nothing they did!

Damn it all!

l get up at 4:
00 a.m.

and slave away all day like a mule,

and when l come home for a crust

of bread, l find a bunch of long faces!

Now you won't have

to look at this one!

Ma'am, it's time

to take the water off the stove.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing!

- Then eat something!

- l don't want anything!

- Why not?

- Because l don't!

- Shut the door. lt's cold.

- Just a minute.

l'm still convalescing.

- Who can that be at this hour?

- ow would l know!

- Shall l go?

- Yes.

You think my fanny's

a good-luck charm?

Chicken always gets stuck

in my teeth.

Okay if l take a little more, Dad?

ands off!

- Just a wing.

- l'll do the serving here.

Tell me, Miranda:

Did you put mint in this?

What do you mean, mint?

lt's sage.

But you noticed something

was different, didn't you?

Lallino has a sensitive palate.

Gina! Who is it?

- Well?

- lt's Mr. Biondi.

- Right when l'm eating!

- lsn't he the bishop's cousin?

Are you bottomless pits

or what?

Anyone would think

l never fed you!

- Uncle, watch.

- lf your dad sees you!

Uncle, do that trick for us.

Come on, just once.

Look, Titta!

Bravo!

- lsn't that hard, Uncle?

- Well, you know...

Good wine, this Sangiovese.

By the way,

where were you last night?

Me? At the movies.

And what was showing?

The Americans were trying

to penetrate Comanche territory.

They built a bridge for the railroad,

but the lndians shot arrows at them.

lt was a massacre!

l'll massacre you,

you little hooligan!

What's going on?

- l didn't do anything!

- Aurelio, leave him alone!

l'll put you in the hospital!

People are watching.

Starting tomorrow, no more school,

no more allowance!

e can start working with me!

- And how will you pay me?

- With a hammer in the face!

You have to tell me

who fathered this piece of sh*t!

At his age, l'd already

been working for three years!

Right, and you gave

all your money to Grandma!

That's enough now!

Come in and eat!

ello.

Everyone in town laughs at us,

even the roosters.

- ln my own home, l'll do as l please!

- Listen to His Royal Highness!

Give me your brother's plate.

- Where are you going with that?

- What did he do?

What did he do?

l'll show you what he did!

What did he do?

What did your brother do? Speak up!

- l don't know!

This is Mr. Biondi's hat.

e was at the movies last night.

Just smell it.

Know who did that?

That delinquent son of yours.

e pissed over the balcony rail,

right on Biondi's head.

lt cost me three bills!

l'm sure it was those juvenile

delinquents he hangs around with!

Enough!

Stop taking his side!

e's getting worse and worse!

They're a pair of little hoodlums!

You've brought them up wrong!

Then you do it!

Let's see how well you do!

l can't stand any more!

l'm going crazy!

l'm going mad!

l'll kill the whole lot of you!

l'll put strychnine in your soup!

That's what l'll do!

One, two, three...

- But l'll kill myself first!

- Good.

- Right now!

- Go ahead.

You'll see!

l'll kill myself first!

Uncle, look at Dad!

Why do these things happen to me?

What have l done?

Goddamn it all!

- Did you hurt yourself?

- What are you doing on the floor?

- ey, man, avoid this one if you can.

- Not the hat!

Evening, headmaster.

- There's Gradisca!

- Where?

lf you give the archbishop permission

to sell holy pictures in the schools,

l'm sure there'll be no need to -

When are you showing

The Vale ofLove with Gary Cooper?

Next week, my dear.

Thank you.

When can your little prince

come to bed with you?

You'll get my purse

over your head!

Such behavior!

Get lost, Giudizio.

lt was beautiful!

l had a good cry!

Romanesque, 1 3th century,

perfectly preserved.

Mullion windows.

Excuse me. l'll continue later.

Lallo, read the telegram

"White Feather" got from Stockholm.

"Come immediately.

Cannot live without you. lnge."

ls she the bucktoothed one

from last summer?

Are you going?

lt'll be damned cold up there now!

lf l shot them,

they'd call me a murderer.

l'll throw them all

in a pit of lime!

Get the hell out of here!

l couldn't leave Mamma behind

for those buck teeth.

Look at Madam's new girls.

ey, look!

See the big one with the hood?

ere l am!

Me too!

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked, in polls such as Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, as some of the greatest films of all time. Sight & Sound lists his 1963 film 8½ as the 10th-greatest film of all time. In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Besides La Dolce Vita and 8½, his other well-known films include La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Amarcord and Fellini's Casanova. more…

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