Il sorpasso (1962)

8.2Not Rated105 minDirector: Dino Risi

1962 Italian film

Il sorpasso (lit.'The overtaking'), also titled The Easy Life in English, is a 1962 Italian road comedy-drama film starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. Co-written and directed by Dino Risi, it is considered his masterpiece and one of the best examples of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

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What is Il sorpasso about?
Il sorpasso (1962) — Bruno Cortona and Roberto Mariani meet by chance as Roberto helps Bruno one day while everything is closed in Rome for the holiday weekend. The two men could not be more different. Thirty-six year old Bruno is extroverted, a man who seizes opportunities as they arise, is an excit
Is Il sorpasso based on a true story?
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Is Il sorpasso scary?
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