Il Sorpasso

1962 · 105 min · IT · 8.2 (640 votes)

Dir. Dino Risi · Starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak, Claudio Gora, Luciana Angiolillo, Linda Sini · Music Riz Ortolani

DramaComedy

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

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This film feels like a sun-drenched, spontaneous summer road trip across Italy, exhilarating in its freedom yet tinged with a bittersweet melancholy. It's a propulsive journey through contrasting personalities, exploring the intoxicating highs of carefree abandon and the quiet reflections on life's fleeting moments and deeper truths. A vibrant, yet poignant, character study.

exhilaratingbittersweetcarefreemelancholicreflectivepropulsiveItalian New Waveroad trip aestheticcharacter studysun-drenched realismfreedomfriendshipexistentialismdisillusionmentyouth and experience

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