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I nuovi mostri

I nuovi mostri

Movie · 1977 · 3 people

The 1977 Italian film I nuovi mostri (“the new monsters”) is known as Viva l'Italia! in its English-language version. It belongs to the “commedia all'italiana” tradition and is an anthology comedy that mixes humour with drama. It is made up of fourteen episodes with no connecting storyline and runs about 115 minutes. It was conceived as a satire of social conditions in 1970s Italy.

Three directors made the film together: Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. The screenplay is credited to Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli and Bernardino Zapponi. Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Ugo Tognazzi and Alberto Sordi head a cast of well-known Italian performers of the day, which also includes Eros Pagni, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Baroni, Margherita Horowitz, Yorgos Voyagis, Carla Mancini, Gianfranco Barra, Vittorio Zarfati and Luciano Bonanni.

I nuovi mostri is a sequel to Dino Risi's 1963 film I mostri, and the series was continued in 2009 with I mostri oggi. Representing Italy, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. The original version has fourteen episodes, while some versions have twelve.

DirectorMario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola

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Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Film actor · died at 82 Luigi Diberti Luigi Diberti Actor · 87 years old Ayşe Nene Actor · died at 77

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Finding Gassman, Tognazzi, Sordi and Ornella Muti in a single film is a feast for anyone who loves the great age of Italian comedy. Three masters like Risi, Scola and Monicelli joining hands is rare, too. But for a viewer who loves stories that come from the heart, this satire is at times too bitter and too mocking. Some of the fourteen episodes amuse, others wring the heart, and the unconnected structure makes it hard to bond with any character. Masterly work, but not a warm one.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

I nuovi mostri is an anthology conceived as a satire of social conditions in 1970s Italy. Fourteen unconnected episodes seem to hold up a country's mirror piece by piece, each one offering a separate tableau. Being a sequel to I mostri from 1963 also invites an interesting comparison: how had Italian society, and the gaze of the filmmakers criticising it, changed over those fourteen years? It is a tradition of satire Turkish viewers may find familiar. Its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film shows that a local critique could find a universal language.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Anthology films are uneven by nature, and I nuovi mostri does not escape the rule. The commedia all'italiana knack for holding pain and absurdity in the same frame appears here in mature form, and the economy of screenwriting masters such as Incrocci and Scarpelli in the short format is plain to see. On the other hand, some episodes never rise above a sketch, and across 115 minutes the rhythm rises and falls. With fourteen episodes in some versions and twelve in others, which copy you watch matters too. Still, seeing the great performers of the day in brief but pointed roles makes it worthwhile.

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