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I Vitelloni

- We are the hollow men in this last of meeting places we grope together and avoid speech. Gathered on this beach of the torrid river.

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Release Date : 1953-09-17

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Peg-FilmsCité Films

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles : The Young and the PassionateThe Bullocks

Cast

Character Name : Moraldo Rubini

Original Name : Franco Interlenghi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alberto

Original Name : Alberto Sordi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fausto Moretti

Original Name : Franco Fabrizi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leopoldo Vannucci

Original Name : Leopoldo Trieste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Riccardo

Original Name : Riccardo Fellini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sandra Rubini

Original Name : Leonora Ruffo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Francescco Moretti

Original Name : Jean Brochard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olga

Original Name : Claude Farell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michele Curti

Original Name : Carlo Romano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signor Rubini

Original Name : Enrico Viarisio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Signora Rubini

Original Name : Paola Borboni

Gender : Female

Character Name : Giulia Curti

Original Name : Lída Baarová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mysterious Woman at the Cinema

Original Name : Arlette Sauvage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gisella

Original Name : Vira Silenti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Caterina

Original Name : Maja Niles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergio Natali

Original Name : Achille Majeroni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guido

Original Name : Guido Martufi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Giudizio

Original Name : Silvio Bagolini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Riccardo's Friend

Original Name : Milvia Chianelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)

Original Name : Enzo Andronico

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Alberto Anselmi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Riccardo Cucciolla

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Gustavo De Nardo

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Graziella De Roc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ballerina (uncredited)

Original Name : Giovanna Galli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ballerina (uncredited)

Original Name : Franca Gandolfi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (uncredited)

Original Name : Lilia Landi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alberto and Olga's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Gigetta Morano

Gender : Male

Character Name : A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)

Original Name : Lino Toffolo

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Gondrano Trucchi

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

I will admit that I still struggle to quite understand the awe Fellini seems to generate amongst fans. His films are beautifully shot but usually involve the most shallow of individuals faffing around in a vacuous world of privilege and emptiness. This one is much the same - "Fausto" (Franco Fabrizi) is a bit of a playboy who is stuck in an unhappy marriage with the sister of his friend "Moraldo" (Franco Interlenghi). He still plays away from home, and she usually forgives him until at last she has had enough and absconds with their child. He and his friend set off to find her... Perhaps he has grown up, and he does really care? I didn't really know, nor care myself. The characters are womanising, drunken, louts - good looking, I suppose - but their arrogance towards those less fortunate is irritating; their attitudes towards women - an approach I find common in Fellini films - almost prehistoric. It does have some moments of comedy and is a joy to watch from any aesthetic perspective. Good, but not great....