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Le Fanfaron

Original title: Il sorpasso
  • 1962
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  • 1h 48m
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8.2/10
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Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant in Le Fanfaron (1962)
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An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.

  • Director
    • Dino Risi
  • Writers
    • Dino Risi
    • Ettore Scola
    • Ruggero Maccari
  • Stars
    • Vittorio Gassman
    • Catherine Spaak
    • Jean-Louis Trintignant
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    8.2/10
    14K
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    • Director
      • Dino Risi
    • Writers
      • Dino Risi
      • Ettore Scola
      • Ruggero Maccari
    • Stars
      • Vittorio Gassman
      • Catherine Spaak
      • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • 57User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Vittorio Gassman
    Vittorio Gassman
    • Bruno Cortona
    Catherine Spaak
    Catherine Spaak
    • Lilli Cortona
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Roberto Mariani
    • (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
    Claudio Gora
    Claudio Gora
    • Danilo Borelli 'Bibi'
    Luciana Angiolillo
    Luciana Angiolillo
    • Gianna Cortona
    • (as Luciana Angelillo)
    Linda Sini
    Linda Sini
    • Zia Lidia
    Franca Polesello
    • Moglie del commendatore
    Bruna Simionato
    • Cashier
    Lilly Darelli
      Mila Stanic
      • Clara, la ragazza alla stazione
      Nando Angelini
      • Amedeo
      Edda Ferronao
      • La ragazza della valigia smarrita a Civitavecchia
      Paola Gassman
      • Girl on the beach
      • (uncredited)
      Aldo Gianni
      • Young man on the rocks at the end
      • (uncredited)
      Lina Lagalla
      Lina Lagalla
      • Zia Enrica
      • (uncredited)
      John Francis Lane
      • Alfredo - avvocato cugino di Roberto
      • (uncredited)
      Howard Nelson Rubien
      • Eccellenza
      • (uncredited)
      Jacques Stany
      • automobilista toscano che picchia Bruno
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Dino Risi
      • Writers
        • Dino Risi
        • Ettore Scola
        • Ruggero Maccari
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      User reviews57

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      10donlazaro

      Masterpiece

      This is simply one of the greatest films of all time. Yes, up there with "Modern Times" and "Los Olvidados," but for entirely different reasons. It is a convincing celebration of life that I have never experienced in any other movie. Gassman will move you to tears and laughter in a beautiful performance. The plot? An attempt to introduce a nerd to the world of chromatic living and accelerated emotion. Do the consequences matter? Yes? No? You'll love it anyway. If you can't get an English version, it doesn't matter. Listen to the original Italian and marvel at the significance of the depth and the architecture that penetrates the screen.
      withnail-4

      deceptively light-hearted masterpiece

      The first time you see this film, it might just pass you by as light-hearted, but the ending will force you to dwell on it. This is what happened to me. A closer look revealed that this is a profound, double-sided, paradoxical film. Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintagnant project opposite perspectives throughout the film, so that each scene contains both joy and sadness, intoxication and contemplation. As they drive from place to place, Gassman's life force is placed at a critical distance by Trintagnant's presence. Both performances are brilliant. A great film, poetic, bitter-sweet, unforgettable.
      9adrianovasconcelos

      A celebration of selfish life

      Bruno (Gassman) is bored beyond his considerable wits revving about in sports car around a deserted suburb of Rome when he comes across law student Roberto (Trintignant), a nerd if ever there was one, and promptly decides to bring Roberto out of his shell.

      Clearly, Bruno is moved by good intentions but they are far surpassed by his selfishness. Life really centers around Bruno and what he wants. He invites Roberto for a spin and to a meal at a smart restaurant, but poor Roberto has to foot the bill, and from that moment on you realize that Roberto has been ensnared in the spider's web of Bruno's charm-laden selfishness.

      Bruno is a dedicated womanizer, to the point of trying to pick up his own daughter, who he has not recognized, and who has to remind him of her status - but he is certainly not embarrassed by that, or by any of his many self-centered blunders, and disrespect for anything legal, speed restrictions and traffic cops included.

      And so the trip in the sports car becomes a road trip, taking Roberto ever further away from the safety of his studies paid by his parents, and into a revolving society that merges post-war Italy with the 1960s, all to glorious soundtrack that includes songs like "Guarda come dondolo" and "Cuando Cuando Cuando," among others.

      Photography is effective and economic, never getting in the way of the development of the story.

      The acting is uniformly outstanding, even minor characters grab one's interest. Gassman is brilliant as he gate-crashes parties and breezes in and out of everyone's life. Trintignant is the reserved counterweight, mesmerized and sapped of will by Gassman's magical personality and sleight of hand. In between, one has a glimpse of Italy's fast-changing society and inevitable shortcomings.

      Direction is superb. The great Dino Risi was certainly at his best in this celebration of life, a timeless masterpiece that not even the B&W photography or the 1960s time capsule can hold down.

      Enjoy the wonderful ride - but keep your eyes peeled and learn from it!
      freya26

      not an Alfa or Fiat but LANCIA!!!!!

      Actually it was a Lancia Aurelia B24 sport....It was one of the three main characters in this movie, so please let there be no misunderstanding about this marvelous car. The car represents the somewhat broken state Bruno is in when Roberto meets him. The paintwork is patched-up and the body is dented, but the the engine, character and spirit are still in top condition! Please also note that all the in-car shots were made on the road and not in the studio. This movie depicts how Italy in the beginning of the sixties was recuperating from the poverty resulting from war and fascism.

      (Great movie!!!)
      9ragosaal

      Italians Made Great Films in the 60's

      In the hot Roman summer law student Roberto casually runs into Bruno a strange but amusing man who is heading in his fancy sports car to a nearby beach to meet with friends. Bruno insists and Roberto decides to join him for the day. "Il Sorpasso" is about the relationship -of just that day- between two such a characters. Bruno thinks of nothing but enjoying life and is self confident, sort of a person that refuses to admit the pass of time (he's already in his forties and hasn't settled at all yet); Roberto, much younger, is a classic guy, sort of shy and obedient of his family's wishes about his future. At first Roberto doesn't approve of Bruno's idea of fun by insulting and humiliating people, but as they go together he turns into a sort of rebellion against his all planned and predictable life and shows a bit of admiration for the older man who doesn't go along with social premises.

      Shot in beautiful Italy in the sort of "pop" early sixties, "Il Sorpasso" is a wonderful film which deals with true life and true characters. Dino Risi carries the film perfectly and shows us a great variation of common real life characters that one way or another get involved with Bruno and Roberto. The movie appears clearly as a comedy -and a real amusing one too- but at the very end it turns into drama and makes you think a lot. Classical 60's Italian music fits perfect.

      Gassman is outstanding as the intelligent and sort of mean Bruno (I can't think of any other actor that could have played the role so perfectly) and Trintignant does a very good job too as the insecure and strcture minded Roberto.

      A great movie worth seeing. You'll sure enjoy it.

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      • Trivia
        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.
      • Goofs
        You can see part of the rig on Bruno's car when they talk about Antonioni, when Bruno makes fun of the Italian family on the motorcycle, and when he teases the cyclist.
      • Quotes

        Bruno Cortona: [Picks up a photo from Roberto's desk] Who's this fatty?

        Roberto Mariani: My mother.

        Bruno Cortona: Wow! Beautiful woman.

      • Connections
        Featured in Mes quarante premières années (1987)
      • Soundtracks
        Quando Quando Quando
        Written by Tony Renis & Alberto Testa

        Performed by Emilio Pericoli

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      • Release date
        • June 27, 1963 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • Italy
      • Official sites
        • French Distributor's official site
        • French Productor's official site
      • Languages
        • Italian
        • Latin
        • German
        • English
        • Arabic
      • Also known as
        • The Easy Life
      • Filming locations
        • Beach Resort "La Lucciola", Castiglioncello, Livorno, Italy(Where Bruno play Ping Pong)
      • Production companies
        • Incei Film
        • L.C.J Editions & Productions
        • Sancro Film
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 48 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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