Una vita difficile (A Difficult Life, Dino Risi, 1961)
Schedule
Fri Jun 09 2023 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Wexner Center for the Arts | Columbus, OH
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One of the great works of commedia all’italiana, Una vita difficile pairs one of the era’s great filmmakers with one of Italy’s most beloved stars. Never before released in the US, Dino Risi’s dark comedy Una vita difficile introduces us to Italian partisan Silvio (played by the iconic Alberto Sordi). While Silvio is on the run from the Germans in Northern Italy during World War II, he is sheltered and romanced by Elena (Lea Massari), an innkeeper’s daughter. After the war, he brings her to Rome where he works at a struggling Communist newspaper. So begins an on-again, off-again relationship that unfolds over the course of 17 years of Italian history—the war’s aftermath, the switch from a monarchy to a republic, and the economic boom of the early 1960s—that finds Silvio, not wanting to compromise his ideals, unable to make an honest living. Often referred to as Italy’s Billy Wilder, Risi created two of the sparkling examples of the commedia all’italiana genre along with his later Il sorpasso (1962). (120 mins., 4K DCP)
Accessibility:
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Where is it happening?
Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N High St,Columbus,OH,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
