Movie details

Il cilindro(1978)

Name: Il cilindro
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1978-01-01
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Eduardo De Filippo, Monica Vitti, Luca De Filippo, Pupella Maggio, Vincenzo Salemme

Comedy

Status: Released
Release date: 1978-01-01
Runtime: 1h 32m
Rating: Not rated
Original language: it
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 1
Adult content: No

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Overview

The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agostino-Eduardo" in the comedy, is a representation of power, designed to intimidate the ignorant for its only evocative "power". It can also be seen as a sort of "Pirandellian mask", where the character of Augustine wears it to defend himself and represent something that he is not.