1.BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (1958) by Mario Monicelli
There couldn’t be a more Italian film in a thousand years. Everyday life in the backyards and alleyways of Rome can be witnessed as if the watcher were spying on all those pickpockets, paupers and beggars struggle against the new generation obsessed with the American dream, the new way of life where sexual liberation and comfort are venerated as gods. The story is a tragicomic one thanks to the contrast between how our main characters put up with this sort of schizophrenic frenzy, being morally thorn between tradition and innovation – just like Italy during the years after WW2. Continue reading clicking the below button >