Les camarades

Original title: I compagni

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Marcello Mastroianni, Annie Girardot, François Périer, and Renato Salvatori in Les camarades (1963)

A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.

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8.0/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
British actor Kenneth Kove was dubbed in his role as Luigi

Quotes
Pautasso: [Crashing through the door of Arro's shack] This is where you live?
Arro: Did you expect a royal palace?
Arro's wife: [Frightened] Salvatore, what do they want?

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Featured in Marcello Mastroianni, je me souviens (1997)

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10/10

One of the greatest films about the labor movement

Earnest, as 1 commentator said? Yes. Depressing, as the same commentator said? No, no, no. It's realistic, showing what was and too often is, not upbeat with false hopes for the future, except that the perseverance of the title character is upbeat. The Organizer is one of the best, perhaps the best, movie about union organizing that I can recall. As is often the case, Mastroianni's acting is different from any other role he has played. The same is true of Salvatori and Girardot. The movie itself is far superior to director Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street, which doesn't really hold up today. I saw The Organizer when it first came out in the US and later on VHS. A DVD is long overdue.