Amarcord 1973

type: Movie

language: Ancient Greek

duration: 127 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: biographical

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.

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 the , a traditional bonfire in which the , an effigy of an old woman, 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 International Feature 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 fogheraccia force grand hotel insane asylum internationale march married old woman papier-mâché poplar populus nigra question record rimini spring ss rex the international their way wait walk win yell
musicBy	Nino Rota
nomination	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay International Submission to the Academy Awards
producer	Franco Cristaldi
productionCompany	FC Produzioni
theme	biographical