The older man is proud of his handiwork--until tragedy strikes. 4 out of 5 found this helpful. Not in a million years!) Italian tragicomedy at its highest peak, no competition at all! | We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else Both performances are brilliant. Oh yeah they meet each other's families. Etore Scolla in "The Family" makes an homenage to Risi in a scene during the same Rome summer (and with the same actor GASSMAN) when you can listen the typical sound of the Il Sorpasso claxon. The paintwork is patched-up and the body is dented, but the the engine, character and spirit are still in top condition! The car represents the somewhat broken state Bruno is in when Roberto meets him. Bruno practically drags Roberto to his convertible Lancia Aurelia and together they hit the road from Rome to Lazio and Tuscany, an initiation trip for Roberto — and when it's over, you know this movie will remain in your heart and mind forever. Was this review helpful? 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. This film is filled with humor and sadness (If you don't understand Italian, you'll miss something but the movie language is international, and the subtitles will help you). Very funny movie, just watching various slices of everyday life in Italy, 1962.
Great cast especially the supporting role of J. L. Trintignant.
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And he does not envy others as we find out in that scene when he says something along the lines that Roberto should have tried to be with the waitress as she would not have rejected him as she did with Bruno. I've seen this movie hundreds & hundreds of time, and I'm not tired yet to watch it, and this just because this movie represents how we italians were in the sixties and how we still are. Nothing, I don't feel like anticipating only a single scene of this movie to whom hasn't watched it yet (how I envy you...): just relax and enjoy your vision until the end, because after that you'll be here adding another enthusiastic comment on it.... Last, sorry for my English but it wasn't possible to add a comment in Italian..... Makes me want to hop in a car and drive for two days straight with no aim and see what crazy stuff can happen.it would've been Great film about losining up and enjoying life if it's not for the ending. 4 out of 5 found this helpful. But Bruno's sadness is hidden under the surface of his relentless smooth talking and double-dealing. the ending shocked me for real!
Vitorio Gassman's charisma carries the film, and his acting was Oscar worthy. So, if you want to know anything about Italian cinema you mus watch IL SORPASSO. Beginning on a sun soaked afternoon in Rome before whisking us away on an Italian holiday, it's a blessing from the writers that we are in good company.Gassman & Trintignant are ecstatic, Gassman pulling off wild while complementing the rather shy nature of Trintignant's character. 5 out of 8 found this helpful.