Amarcord (1973)

Director:

Federico Fellini

Writers:

Federico Fellini (writer)
Tonino Guerra (screenplay)
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Release Date:

19 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The Fantastic World of Fellini!

Plot:

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Satire | Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Breast Suckling | Accordion

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 14 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Pupella Maggio	...	Miranda Biondi, Titta's Mother
Armando Brancia	...	Aurelio Biondi, Titta's Father
Magali Noël	...	Gradisca, The hairdresser (as Magali' Noel)
Ciccio Ingrassia	...	Teo - the mad uncle
Nando Orfei	...	Patacca, Titta's Uncle
Luigi Rossi	...	Lawyer
Bruno Zanin	...	Titta Biondi
Gianfilippo Carcano	...	Don Baravelli
Josiane Tanzilli	...	Volpina, prostitute
Maria Antonietta Beluzzi	...	Tobacconist
Giuseppe Ianigro	...	Titta's Grandfather
Ferruccio Brembilla	...	Fascist Leader
Antonino Faà di Bruno	...	Count Lovignano (as Antonino Faa' Di Bruno)
Mauro Misul	...	Philosophy Teacher
Ferdinando Villella	...	Fighetta, Greek Teacher
Antonio Spaccatini	...	Federale
Aristide Caporale	...	Giudizio
Gennaro Ombra	...	Biscein
Domenico Pertica	...	Blind Man
Marcello Di Falco	...	The Prince
Stefano Proietti	...	Oliva, Titta' brother
Alvaro Vitali	...	Naso
Bruno Scagnetti	...	Ovo
Fernando De Felice	...	Ciccio
Bruno Lenzi	...	Gigliozzi
Gianfranco Marrocco	...	Son of Count Poltavo
Francesco Vona	...	Candela
Donatella Gambini	...	Aldina Cordini
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dina Adorni	...	Mrs. De Leonardis, Mathematics Teacher (uncredited)
Paolo Baroni	...	Student (uncredited)
Bruno Bertocci	...	Matteo - Gradisca's Husband (uncredited)
Marcello Bonini Olas	...	Gymnastic Teacher (uncredited)
Dante Cleri	...	History Teacher (uncredited)
Mario Del Vago	...	Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Francesco Di Giacomo	...	Security Man (uncredited)
Dario Giacomelli	...	Patacca's Friend (uncredited)
Veriano Ginesi	...	Lifeguard (uncredited)
Mario Liberati	...	Ronald Coleman, The Theater Owner (uncredited)
Franco Magno	...	Zeus - High School Headmaster (uncredited)
Cesare Martignon	...	Barber (uncredited)
Francesco Maselli	...	Bongioanni, Science Teacher (uncredited)
Lino Patruno	...	Bobo (uncredited)
Fredo Pistoni	...	Colonia (uncredited)
Eros Ramazzotti	...	Boy Playing with Snow (uncredited)
Faustone Signoretti	...	Il vetturino Madonna (uncredited)
Mario Silvestri	...	Italian Teacher (uncredited)
Fides Stagni	...	Art Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by
Federico Fellini

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Federico Fellini		writer
Tonino Guerra		screenplay
Tonino Guerra		story

Produced by
Franco Cristaldi	....	producer

Original Music by
Nino Rota

Cinematography by
Giuseppe Rotunno

Film Editing by
Ruggero Mastroianni

Production Design by
Danilo Donati

Art Direction by
Giorgio Giovannini

Costume Design by
Danilo Donati

Makeup Department
Rino Carboni	....	key makeup artist
Amalia Paoletti	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Alessandro Gori	....	production supervisor
Lamberto Pippia	....	production manager
Gilberto Scarpellini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Liliane Betti	....	second assistant director (as Liliana Betti)
Mario Garriba	....	second assistant director
Maurizio Mein	....	first assistant director
Gerald Morin	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Andrea Fantacci	....	set dresser
Massimo Antonello Geleng	....	assistant production designer (as Antonello Geleng)
Italo Tomassi	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Oscar De Arcangelis	....	sound

Special Effects by
Adriano Pischiutta	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Aristarco	....	assistant camera
Massimo Di Venanzo	....	assistant camera
Giuseppe Maccari	....	camera operator
Pierluigi Praturlon	....	still photographer (as Pierluigi)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mario Ambrosino	....	assistant costume designer
Rita Giacchero	....	assistant costumer
Aldo Giuliani	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Adriana Olasio	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Carlo Savina	....	musical director

Other crew
Giuseppe Bruno Bossio	....	production secretary
Enzo Consolini	....	cashier
Jean Paul De La Motte	....	technical co-author
Norma Giacchero	....	script supervisor
Enzo Lucarini	....	cashier
Mario Maldesi	....	dubbing director
Fernando Rossi	....	production secretary
Adriana Asti	....	voice dubbing: Magali Noël (uncredited)
Renato Cortesi	....	voice dubbing: various characters (uncredited)
Solveyg D'Assunta	....	voice dubbing: Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (uncredited)
Corrado Gaipa	....	voice dubbing: Armando Brancia (uncredited)
Oreste Lionello	....	voice dubbing: Ferdinando Villella and Gennaro Ombra (uncredited)
Ave Ninchi	....	voice dubbing: Pupella Maggio (uncredited)
Enzo Robutti	....	voice dubbing: Ciccio Ingrassia (uncredited)
Piero Tiberi	....	voice dubbing: Bruno Zanin (uncredited)
Romolo Valli	....	voice dubbing: Nando Orfei (uncredited)

Production Companies

• F.C. Produzioni
• PECF

Distributors

• New World Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• PIC Distribuzione (1973) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1974) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (Czech Republic) (re-release)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)

Other Companies

• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects and foley design
• Farani  costumes
• L.C.P. di Pompei  foot-gear
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Sanchini  upholstery
• Studio Longardi  press relations
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes
• Veste RTC  costumes

Also Known As:

"Amarcord" - France, USA
"I Remember" - International (English title) (literal title)
"Amarcord" - Argentina, Spain
"Амаркорд" - Russia
"Amarcord" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Amarcord" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Amarcord" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Amarcord" - Poland
"Amarcord" - Finland
"Amarcord" - Greece (reissue title)
"Amarcord" - Sweden (video title)
"Amarcord - mig og min familie" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Amarkord" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Fellini Amarcord" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Secam se" - Serbia (TV title)
"Thymamai" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:T | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 (2002) | UK:X (original rating) | Spain:T | Brazil:14 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:12 | Peru:18 | Portugal:17 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2004) | USA:R | France:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Anzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

F.C. Produzioni

Trivia:

The Mille Miglia was a thousand mile endurance race conducted on open roads in Italy from 1927 - 1957.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the carriage is hidden behind the farmhouse, its position in relation to the shadow changes between shots. As it is driven behind the building, it is in shadow; when next shown it is out of the shadow.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Woman:The puffballs.
Husband:When the puffballs come, cold winter's almost gone.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Le monde magique du souvenir Fellinien (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sabre Dance

Elaborate Nostalgia Piece

Federico Fellini's "Amarcord" is perhaps the flamboyant directors most entertaining and autobiographical film. His personal recollections on growing up in 1930's pre-war Italy under control of Fascism and the Church, are recorded with lively, colorful images. Fellini stylishly evokes his unique vision of provincial Rimini(Where he was born)through an adolescent viewpoint. The youthful irreverence, casual vulgarity. and tawdry exuberance of the characters flow unrestrained throughout the narrative. Fellini vividly recreates a carnival-like atmosphere filled with incident and observation. He excelled at constructing private worlds; distinct and spirited in their sense of community and place. In "Amarcord" childhood perceptions and improbable encounters are summoned via symbols, dreams, and illusions. Similar to Pirandello, the nature of truth becomes suspect. Fellini does little to dispel this notion. He once stated that 'nothing stifles the imagination more than a good memory'. Fabrication with Fellini often times blends imperceptibly with reality. "Amarcord"(The title translates as "I Remember") is structured in a series of loosely connected tales. Detailed vignettes of public school shenanigans; curious instruction; and the hyper-critical approach of the church. Cinematographer Guiseppe Rotuno favors shooting with a short lense to exaggerate the perspective. He frequently films the sizable features of the actors in extreme close-up contributing to the film's overstated visuals. Fellini was notorious for his preference of using actors with strange and unusual faces. He favored grotesqueness over craft for the most part. (The majority of the cast were selected from amateur groups all over Northern Italy. "Amarcord" is filled with memorable and eccentric characters including a blind accordianist; a foul-mouthed midget nun; a buxom tobacco store owner with a penchant for young men; a lascivious and gaseous grandfather; Volpina the town nymph; Theo the sexually-repressed, mad uncle; and an ever present dim-witted street vendor. Erratic personalities who consistently insist on indulging their illusions. The film uses an on-screen narrator who comments directly into the camera about Rimini's storied past. The pedantic commentator's articulate and austere tone is comically undercut by some off-screen antics.(Ill-timed, loud raspberries; well-tossed snowballs; general heckling, etc.) In the course of the film, an array of odd processions confront the spectator from every conceivable angle. Several of Fellini's films share this infinite movement of characters. Much of the scenario is taken up by the presentation of these large groups of comic figures as they interact around town. "Amarcord", Fellini's last commercial success, is an elaborate nostalgia piece populated with exotic individuals. Endearing misfits who seem to fit perfectly in the director's unconventional universe. One may not know where Fellini is heading half the time, but that's part of his lasting appeal. And in "Amarcord, make no mistake, Fellini is ALL over the place. KB