IL SORPASSO
Special Features: 2K Restoration
Presented in partnership with the Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC
This ultimate Italian road comedy 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. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, the film is a holy grail of commedia all'italiana from Dino Risi, a master of the genre whose underappreciated UNA VITA DIFFICILE also screens in this year's Recent Restorations series. A wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life, IL SORPASSO is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy. (Note adapted from Janus Films.) DIR/SCR Dino Risi; SCR Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari; PROD Mario Cecchi Gori. Italy, 1962, b&w, 105 min. In Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, May 27, 2023
Genre: Comedy
