IL FERROVIERE

(THE RAILROAD MAN)
Pietro GERMI
  • 2023
  • Cannes Classics
  • Restored prints

A Rome under construction that steals space from children’s play, low wages, strikes and scabs: the only salvation is in the sense of belonging to an ancient, popular world whose roots give strength to face life’s dramas. A choral work on the passing of time, the film was initially titled A Day and Every Day because it tells of “the slow flow, the bitter and sweet sense of life.” Probably the most musical film in Italian cinema, Rustichelli’s soundtrack supports the emotional wave of events. Drawing from Neorealism, Germi recounts a changing Italy while making it a universal tale: the joy attained by the couple is reminiscent of the end of Journey to Tokyo, when the two elderly parents observe the harshness of their past with a warm, disenchanted gaze, charged with dignified happiness.

Directed by : Pietro GERMI
Year of production: 1956
Country: Italy
Durée : 115 minutes

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BAREV, ES EM

BAREV, ES EM

Frounze DOVLATIAN
CHAMBRE 999

CHAMBRE 999

Lubna PLAYOUST
CLASSE TOUS RISQUES

CLASSE TOUS RISQUES

Claude SAUTET
ES

ES

Ulrich SCHAMONI
GODARD PAR GODARD

GODARD PAR GODARD

Florence PLATARETS
ISHANOU

ISHANOU

Aribam Syam SHARMA
L’AMOUR FOU

L’AMOUR FOU

Jacques RIVETTE
LE MÉPRIS

LE MÉPRIS

Jean-Luc GODARD
MISSISSIPPI BLUES

MISSISSIPPI BLUES

Bertrand TAVERNIER, Robert PARRISH
MUNEKATA KYODAI

MUNEKATA KYODAI

Yasujirô OZU
NAGAYA SHINSHIROKU

NAGAYA SHINSHIROKU

Yasujirô OZU
NELSON PEREIRA DOS SANTOS – VIDA DE CINEMA

NELSON PEREIRA DOS SANTOS – VIDA DE CINEMA

Aída MARQUES, Ivelise FERREIRA
SARAFINA

SARAFINA

Darrell James ROODT
SPELLBOUND

SPELLBOUND

Alfred HITCHCOCK
THE VILLAGE

THE VILLAGE

Léopold LINDTBERG
THELMA & LOUISE

THELMA & LOUISE

Ridley SCOTT
UNDERGROUND

UNDERGROUND

Emir KUSTURICA
VIVA VARDA !

VIVA VARDA !

Pierre-Henri GIBERT