By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s.
Cinematography
Archive footage restored with gorgeous, almost tactile grain.
Editing
Personal memoir woven seamlessly into national history.
Score
Mina and Celentano soundtrack that absolutely slaps.
Director
Gabriele Salvatores
Giuseppe Cederna
Narrator (voice)
Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
Luciano Taioli
Self (archive footage)
Giorgio Gaber
Self (archive footage)
Mina
Self (archive footage)
Adriano Celentano
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Anita Ekberg
Self (archive footage)
Monica Vitti
Self (archive footage)
Abebe Bikila
Self (archive footage)
Amintore Fanfani
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren
Self (archive footage)
Marcello Mastroianni
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'economic miracle' (1958-1963) transformed Italy from rural poverty to industrial power, but this film captures the *feeling* of that shift through pop culture rather than policy.
Salvatores won the Foreign Language Oscar for Mediterraneo (1991), making this deeply personal project a fascinating pivot from fiction to curated autobiography.
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