Details

Release year: 1962

Storyline

An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.

Top credits

Directors

Dino Risi

Writers

Cast

Vittorio Gassman — Bruno Cortona
Catherine Spaak — Lilli Cortona
Jean-Louis Trintignant — Roberto Mariani
Claudio Gora — Danilo Borelli 'Bibi'

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Did you know

• Producer Mario Cecchi Gori wanted a less bleak ending but he and director Dino Risi made a bet about the weather; Risi won and the tragic ending was chosen.

• In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved (100 film italiani da salvare). The list was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". The project was established by the Venice Days ("Giornate degli Autori") in the Venice Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

• Most of the driving scenes were shot on the Via Aurelia section of Strada Statale 1 on the outskirts of Rome.