I Vitelloni

I Vitelloni

By Federico Fellini

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1953-01-01
  • Advisory Rating: NR
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Director: Federico Fellini
  • Production Company: Peg-Films
  • Production Country: France, Italy
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.6/10
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From 682 Ratings

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Five young men linger in a postadolescent limbo, dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink, women, and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini’s second solo directorial effort (originally released in the U.S. as The Young and the Passionate) is a semiautobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches: Skirt chaser Fausto, forced to marry a girl he has impregnated; Alberto, the perpetual child; Leopoldo, a writer thirsting for fame; and Moraldo, the only member of the group troubled by a moral conscience. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, I vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of a group of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives.

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  • Fellini Classic

    5
    By Frank C 66554321.
    A very influential film about 5 middle class men suffering from ennui in a small Italian seaside town in the 50’s. Masterfully shot and well acted. The plot is perfectly paced with all the characters coming into and leaving the story are the perfect time. The subtitles are done well too.
  • Early Fellini - so fabulous

    5
    By mohrstein2
    This story is set in the post WWII time in a little seaside town where the director uses his awesome skill to bring many characters to life as it may have been. So strange to see these “post-adolescent” protagonists who seem more like early middle-aged men to our 21st century eyes. I have seen all the other Fellini films and loved them all, but for some reason this one really hit me squarely in the heart. Don’t miss it!

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