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The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life. A holy grail of commedia all'italiana, Il sorpasso is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy.
Janus Films ; un film prodotto da Mario Cecchi Gori per la Fairfilm, Incei Film, Sancro Film ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari ; dialoghi di Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari ; un film di Dino Risi.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
This version produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films.
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Claudio Gora, Luciana Angelillo, Linda Sini.
Cinematography, Alfio Contini ; music, Riz Ortolani ; editor, Maurizio Lucidi ; production design and costume design by Ugo Pericoli.