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Comedy about an egotistical braggart who has failed at everything he has tried, but who still views life with gusto. He is in love with his fast Lancia car and spends all his time speeding around Italy. He takes in hand a meek, repressed law student for the weekend and they hit the road.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fairfilm (Firm) (Producer), Incei Film (Firm) (Producer), Sancro Film (Firm) (Producer), RareHollywood.com
Other Authors: Risi, Dino (Director, Screenwriter), Cecchi Gori, Mario (Producer), Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016 (Screenwriter), Maccari, Ruggero, 1919-1989 (Screenwriter), Gassman, Vittorio (Actor), Trintignant, Jean-Louis (Actor), Spaak, Catherine (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Italian dialogue with English subtitles.
Published: [Vestal, N.Y.] : [RareHollywood.com], [2011?]
Series:Video Den Collection
Subjects:
Male friendship > Italy > Drama.
Egoism > Drama.
Law students > Italy > Drama.
Sports cars > Italy > Drama.
Lancia automobile > Drama.
Comedy films.
Road films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Comedy about an egotistical braggart who has failed at everything he has tried, but who still views life with gusto. He is in love with his fast Lancia car and spends all his time speeding around Italy. He takes in hand a meek, repressed law student for the weekend and they hit the road.
Item Description:Title in menu: Il Soprasso aka The easy life.
Container has an erroneous statement on duration of the film: 116 min.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Alfio Contini ; original music, Riz Ortolani ; editing, Maurizio Lucidi.