Despite of (or perhaps because of ) its sparse production values and unpretentiousness, the Italian Gli Innamorati was feted at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The bulk of the story takes place in a single Roman neighborhood. In the manner of the 1925 German classic A Joyless Street, director Mauro Bolognini studies the hopes, dreams, successes and failures of the neighborhood's various and sundry denizens. No one subplot dominates the proceedings, though a bit of extra time is afforded the story of a fickle seamstress and her seemingly meek-and-mild boyfriend. The cast is dotted with such reassuringly familiar faces as Nino Manfredi and Gino Cervi. Released in the US as Wild Love, Gli Innamorati was instrumental in bringing international fame to director Bolognini, whose career soon shifted into high drive.
The Specials
Comedy, Drama
7.8
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Comedy, Drama
8.0
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.0
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Drama
7.8
Gladiator
Action, Drama, Adventure
8.2
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
Knives Out
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7.8
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
Jojo Rabbit
Comedy, War, Drama
8.0
The Substance
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
7.2
Inception
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
8.4
1917
War, History, Thriller
8.0
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.6
The Purge
Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
6.3
The Hangover
Comedy
7.3
Green Book
Drama, Comedy, History
8.2
Us
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
7.0
Oldboy
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
8.2
When in Rome
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
5.9
The Pink Panther 2
Comedy, Mystery
5.7
Don't Think About It
Comedy
6.6
Asterix in Britain
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.8
Asterix Conquers America
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.2
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
7.3
Roma
Comedy, Drama
7.2
Asterix the Gaul
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.5
Don Camillo's Last Round
Comedy, History
7.2
Asterix and the Big Fight
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.3
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Romance, Comedy, Adventure
5.8
La Dolce Vita
Comedy, Drama
8.1
The Gold Rush
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
8.0
Night on Earth
Comedy, Drama
7.5
Breaking Up in Rome
Romance, Comedy, Drama
6.6
Night Police Station
Comedy
5.5
Asterix vs. Caesar
Comedy, Animation, Family, Adventure
6.5
Hudson Hawk
Action, Adventure, Comedy
5.7
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
6.0
Due piedi sinistri
Comedy
8.1