A 100km race where nobody's running toward anything meaningful.
During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations
Direction
Petroni's satirical eye turns athletics into social critique.
Acting
Girotti's deadpan suffering carries every frame.
Production
Rome locations that accidentally become characters.
Director
Giulio Petroni
Massimo Girotti
Toccaceli
Mario Carotenuto
Avvocato Corsetti
Yvonne Monlaur
Elena
Geronimo Meynier
Stefano Lombardini
Edoardo Nevola
Tonino Toccaceli
Riccardo Garrone
Cesare Malabrocca
Marisa Merlini
Angela, moglie di Cesare
Marietto Angeletti
Alfredo Malabrocca
Nando Bruno
Nando
Raffaele Pisu
Allenatore di Stefano Lombardini
Fred Buscaglione
Sé stesso
Gianrico Tedeschi
Corridore n. 65
Silvio Noto
Tartufadori, il corridore n. 11
Valeria Fabrizi
Giuseppina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Italy's economic miracle, the film mocks the era's obsession with productivity and national pride through competitive sports.
The actual Cento Chilometri was a real annual race; Petroni filmed during the 1958 event with some genuine competitors unaware they were in a comedy.
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