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I Vitelloni

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Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the… From TMDB

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    Nino Rota (with scenes from the Fellini films "I Vitelloni", "La strada", "Nights of Cabiria" and "La Dolce Vita" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Nino Rota (with scenes from the Fellini films "I Vitelloni", "La strada", "Nights of Cabiria" and "La Dolce Vita" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD

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  • Trylon Cinema @trylon.orgBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    Our series FELLINI IN BLACK AND WHITE continues this Sunday with the wonderful I VITELLONI in 35mm. www.trylon.org/film/i-vitel...

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  • Trylove, A Movie Podcast @trylovepodca.stBluesky · Jan 13, 2026

    ℐ𝓉'𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 ℴ𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹ℯ, 𝓁𝒾𝓀ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ ℯ𝓃𝒹 ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓁𝒹. But we keep podding through it. I VITELLONI (1953) is another autobiographical Fellini joint, a picture of postwar Italian malaise, and a proto-slacker movie. (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

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  • Darrell Clem @darrellclem.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2025

    DVR alert! @tcmtv.bsky.social is showing two excellent films Tuesday morning by Federico Fellini (I Vitelloni, 1953, Italian) and François Truffaut (The 400 Blows, French, 1959). Fellini’s film is at 9:30am ET, Truffaut’s at 11:30am. Talented directors at the top of their game. #FilmSky #MovieSky

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  • Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    I VITELLONI. Absolutely amazing film, I really want to see it again!

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  • ghost @johndeweysghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    #lastfourwatched I VITELLONI--Fellini, billed as a comedy; didn't laugh once AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH--Australian experimental film GOSTA BERLING'S SAGA--early silent Garbo BABEL--brilliant but also somewhat depressing

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  • Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2023

    Now watching: ‘I Vitelloni’, dir. Federico Fellini, 1953. 🎬🎥🤌

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  • Paul Jessup @pauljessup.comBluesky · Oct 26, 2023

    funny to think that, at the time American Graffiti came out, it was an experimental new wave style film (riffing on Amarcord and I Vitelloni, hence the name of the movie), and people were thought doom to failure

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  • Hennie Kriel @officially-hennie.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    26 August 1953: Italian-language comedy-drama ‘I Vitelloni’, directed by Federico Fellini, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%* Letterboxd score: 4.0 (80%) (*Popcornmeter: 90%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies

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  • thepowerdroid.bsky.social @thepowerdroid.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    He is a big fan of "I Vitelloni" for a couple of reasons and Peter Sellers is the second reason. While making a movie in LA, Peter rented the Aidikoff screening room and they were to see THAT film, but it couldn't be found. Instead, they showed "The Producers". He pushed for a massive open of it.

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  • Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2025

    I don't think there is any real order but 8 1⁄2 , La Dolce Vita - 2 everyone usually knows of first for obvious reasons. I Vitelloni because of the biographical element. #filmsky Strada, Cabiria & Juliet of the Spirits as a trio because Giulia. This also helpful www.imdb.com/title/tt0407...

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  • George Grella @gtra1n.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2025

    Bret Rather directing I Vitelloni as an American comedy-crime movie about a gang of mismatched drug mules trying to fool their parents that they all work as DoorDash couriers

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  • Michael Brooke @marbleicehook.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Anthony Burgess once asked notoriously curmudgeonly critic John Simon if there was a single film in existence that he unreservedly liked, and Simon replied "I Vitelloni". So Burgess relayed the news of this extraordinary achievement to Fellini, only to be told that he'd never heard of John Simon.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    On this day (6th February) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing I Vitelloni and Il Bidone as a Fellini double bill.

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  • Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2023

    A wonderful film. Just watched I Vitelloni for the first time. Would love your reflections on it.

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  • Comma Splice @commasplice.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2023

    My favorite was I Vitelloni. So good. #LetterboxdFriday #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched #FilmSky 📽️

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  • DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    The Brooks Film Festival Includes Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), I Vitelloni (1953), Shane (1953), Psycho (1960), The Miracle Worker (1962), and the under rated The Twelve Chairs (1970), the only Brooks film on the list.

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  • Fred Simon @cinefredo.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    J'avais lu une description de Mean Streets (le film par excellence de Scorsese) comme étant "I Vitelloni de Fellini mais filmé par John Cassavetes" et c'est la meilleure description de son œuvre

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  • Sam Rasnake @samrasnake.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    My list of favorite filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick Kubrick didn’t discuss cinema or favorites. Producer Jan Harlan stated Kubrick did have heroes: Ingmar Bergman, Stephen Spielberg, Federico Fellini. Kubrick once listed Fellini’s I Vitelloni (1953) as “a” favorite film. [Kubrick, Bergman, poster]

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  • HunkyKubrick/♑♄ ZoSo/🇮🇪🇬🇧 @hunkykubrick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2026

    A Masterpiece! Fellini was a genius & singular visionary. I love this film, as I do La Strada, I Vitelloni, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of The Spirits & Amarcord.

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  • That Erin @toadpuppy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    In this episode, we discuss Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni" and its influence on later films such as Diner, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti @etrommater.bsky.social @silablume.bsky.social @jatdog.bsky.social ko-fi.com/post/Fellini...

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  • The Civilian @tajiisawol.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    I really like La Strada as well, but I identify with I, Vitelloni more strongly. As a huge fan of Scorsese's Mean Streets I had carried the impact and influence of the film a long time before finally seeing it. Its montage ending, incorporating the ensemble, is really special.

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on September 17! What's your fave? 1. A Silent Voice: The Movie 2. Pink Floyd: The Wall 3. The Working Class Goes to Heaven 4. I Vitelloni 85 #Drama movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/sep-17#drama #FilmSky

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on September 17! What's your fave? 1. Divorce Italian Style 2. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession 3. I Vitelloni 4. Easy A 52 #Comedy movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/sep-17#comedy #FilmSky

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    The (movie) I Vitelloni (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $9.99 Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Leonora Ruffo, Riccardo Fellini Genre: (Foreign) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_vitelloni/

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  • neoteny’s sonnet @videyagames.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2025

    Watching Federico Felini’s “I Vitelloni” and drinking an aggressively cherry flavored Cherry Coke. This is god damn fantastic. You never know what old movie is going to end up being the one that’s revelatory in terms of your own personal taste!

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on October 23! What's your fave? 1. Yearning 2. Limelight 3. Love 4. I Vitelloni Check out all 76 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Oct 23, 2025

    🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on October 23! What's your fave? 1. The Great Dictator 2. I Vitelloni 3. Pleasantville 4. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire Check out all 76 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy

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  • Damon Houx @damonhoux.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2025

    Is I VITELLONI maybe the most sneaky influential film of all time? Arguably MEAN STREETS, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, DINER, FANDANGO, THE WANDERERS, THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH, and then perhaps THE BIG CHILL as well, etc.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

    Directed by Federico Fellini (5 Movie Collection) is available today on (iTunes) for $34.99 Films include: I Vitelloni, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8½, Amarcord, Cast: Giulietta Masina, Aldo Silvani, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Interlenghi, Magali Noël

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  • Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2024

    I think the next movie classic will be Fellini. Probably "I Vitelloni," seems like a good intro. Fellini before the surrealism!

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  • Rebecca @rebeccarosen.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2023

    An Ageless Portrayal of Time Lost, I Vitelloni (1953) Captures Ennui That Feels All Too Familiar (this is my favourite Federico Fellini film!) flipscreened.com/2022/12/13/a...

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  • Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2023

    On Deck at Revue - Indie DOGLEG via Bleeding Edge, Femme Fatale Film Fest, PROM NIGHT + disco party, Fellini's I VITELLONI, anime MARY & THE WITCH'S FLOWER, Bogie & Bacall in KEY LARGO via Heat Wave, BREAKING AWAY via Paid In Sweat, fantasy-themed trailers for members. #toRep

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Mar 28, 2022

    I will admit that I still struggle to quite understand the awe Fellini seems to generate amongst fans. His films are beautifully shot but usually involve the most shallow of individuals faffing around in a vacuous world of privilege and emptiness. This one is much the same - "Fausto" (Franco Fabrizi) is a bit of a playboy who is stuck in an unhappy marriage with the sister of his friend "Moraldo" (Franco Interlenghi). He still plays away from home, and she usually forgives him until at last she…

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Alberto Sordi
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Riccardo Fellini
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Leonora Ruffo
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