I Vitelloni (1953) :
Brief Review -
Federico Fellinic's composed drama and a complete textbook on Human characters study from the changing phase of Italian Society. I Vitelloni has no extraordinary story te tell, nor it has that single-file storyline. It's a character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy. Everyone comes with different shades, nature and features which makes this human drama to outscore lengths of human-character material. Five men and five chapters of human character study and that's too much. But that's not all, it has several other characters too and even though they are smaller comparatively, they play important roles in the narrative. The film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy, which i suppose was mainly about unemployment after the World War II. Not all the characters in the film are good, some are decent, some are filthy, some are unethical and some are extremely preserving. Take Fausto's character for instance. He is a womaniser, he has a pregnant wife but he would go on kissing some other married woman just after a short meeting at the movies. If that's not enough then he would even make a pass at his boss' wife who is quite older than him and later he even had a one night stand with a stage performer. Yet, he has no regrets to make and that part is pretty bad to see but only until we see his reformed character at the end. Other four main characters aren't this dramatic but only has one or two things in their lives. One a writer, one is confused about his future, one is happy-go-lucky guy and one is an ambitious singer. That's all about it and there is nothing more to it but the composed storytelling of Federico Fellinic makes It Vitelloni A definite watch. That Youth oriented comic flavour keeps it light hearted and therefore it never feels boring.
RATING - 7/10*
By #samthebestest.
Federico Fellinic's composed drama and a complete textbook on Human characters study from the changing phase of Italian Society. I Vitelloni has no extraordinary story te tell, nor it has that single-file storyline. It's a character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy. Everyone comes with different shades, nature and features which makes this human drama to outscore lengths of human-character material. Five men and five chapters of human character study and that's too much. But that's not all, it has several other characters too and even though they are smaller comparatively, they play important roles in the narrative. The film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy, which i suppose was mainly about unemployment after the World War II. Not all the characters in the film are good, some are decent, some are filthy, some are unethical and some are extremely preserving. Take Fausto's character for instance. He is a womaniser, he has a pregnant wife but he would go on kissing some other married woman just after a short meeting at the movies. If that's not enough then he would even make a pass at his boss' wife who is quite older than him and later he even had a one night stand with a stage performer. Yet, he has no regrets to make and that part is pretty bad to see but only until we see his reformed character at the end. Other four main characters aren't this dramatic but only has one or two things in their lives. One a writer, one is confused about his future, one is happy-go-lucky guy and one is an ambitious singer. That's all about it and there is nothing more to it but the composed storytelling of Federico Fellinic makes It Vitelloni A definite watch. That Youth oriented comic flavour keeps it light hearted and therefore it never feels boring.
RATING - 7/10*
By #samthebestest.