Amarcord 1973

type: Movie

language: Ancient Greek

duration: 127 min

genre: comedy-drama

director: Federico Fellini

Score: 7 / 10

Amarcord is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancient walls of Rimini) in 1930s Fascist Italy. The film's title is a univerbation of the Romagnol phrase ("I remember"). The title then became a neologism of the Italian language, with the meaning of "nostalgic revocation". The central role of Titta is based on Fellini's childhood friend from Rimini, Luigi Titta Benzi. Benzi became a lawyer and remained in close contact with Fellini throughout his life.

Plot

In Borgo San Giuliano, a village near Rimini, the arrival of fluffy poplar seeds floating on the wind heralds the arrival of spring. As night falls, the inhabitants make their way to the village square for a traditional bonfire in which the Old Witch of Winter is ritually burned. The townspeople play pranks on one another, explode fireworks, cavort with loose women and make lewd noises when the civically minded lawyer lectures on the history of the region.

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author	Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra
award	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film David di Donatello for Best Film
contentLocation	Italy
director	Federico Fellini
editor	Ruggero Mastroianni
events	prostitution
genre	comedy-drama
keywords	bell tower car race carabiniere carabinieri castor oil closing time confine even float force grand hotel insane asylum internationale march married poplar populus nigra question record spring ss rex the international their way wait walk win yell
musicBy	Nino Rota
nomination	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Franco Cristaldi
productionCompany	FC Produzioni