The Easy Life

1962 [ITALIAN]

Comedy / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91%
IMDb Rating 8.2/10 10 12894 12.9K

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Plot summary

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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Catherine Spaak as Lilli Cortona
Vittorio Gassman as Bruno Cortona
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Roberto Mariani
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Reviewed by adrianovasconcelos 9 / 10

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!

Reviewed by rooprect 8 / 10

A masterfully crafted film that's just plain fun

Kurosawa said a truly great movie should be enjoyable. That's certainly the case with "Il Sorpasso". You can watch it as a comical road movie. Or you can watch it as a snapshot of Italy's economic boom and carefree euphoria of the 1960s. Or you can watch it as a coming of age film. Or you can watch it as a profound philosophical commentary on living in the moment. One way or another, just watch it.

"Bruno" (Vittorio Gassman in his first comic role) is a smooth talking, fun-loving, overgrown adolescent who lives his life hour by hour. By chance he encounters "Roberto" (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who is a shy, sheltered introvert. Somehow Bruno shanghais his reluctant young passenger into a cross country road trip. The rest is anybody's guess.

Many have credited this film as kick starting the road movie genre. "Easy Rider" which came out in 1969 was directly influenced by this film, as are films as recent as "Sideways" (2004). Strangely enough, in the 70 years since "Il Sorpasso" I don't think any road movie nailed one particular defining quality as well as director Dino Risi did here. Although this film is very episodic, with characters fleeting in and out like in all road movies, Risi and the camera take extra care to give importance to even the most trivial characters. People who don't even say a word but whose presence imply entire stories unto themselves.

This also adds a tremendous amount of interest and intrigue to this otherwise breezy presentation. The 2 German girls from the beginning... will they show up again? What about the waitress "Dark Eyes" who gave Roberto such a meaningful, lingering stare? Or Aunt Lidia, whom the camera graces through a window as they're driving off and she mournfully puts her hair back up in a bun... what's her story? The film is packed full of moments like that, and we realize that this movie isn't just about our 2 main characters and a handful of others, but it's about everyone whom the camera catches.

You'll notice this almost immediately. The film begins in a completely deserted Rome where the 2 protagonists meet, and from there almost every person they meet is significant, all the way up to its memorable conclusion. Guaranteed you won't forget this film.

Reviewed by ragosaal 9 / 10

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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