- Il bidone
Infobox_Film
name = Il bidone
caption = Theatrical Poster
director =Federico Fellini
producer = Mario Derecchi
writer = Federico FelliniEnnio Flaiano ,Tullio Pinelli
starring =Broderick Crawford Richard Basehart
music =Nino Rota
cinematography =Otello Martelli
editing =Mario Serandrei Giuseppe Vari
distributor = Titanus Distribuzione
released =September 9 ,1955 (Venice Film Festival )
runtime = 109 minutes (Italy) 92 minutes (U.S.A.)
language = Italian
country =Italy
budget =
amg_id = 1:48158
imdb_id = 0047876|"Il bidone" (English: "The Swindle" and "The Swindlers") (1955) is an Italian film directed by
Federico Fellini . It featuresBroderick Crawford ,Richard Basehart ,Giulietta Masina , among others. [imdb title|id=0047876|title=Il bidone.]Released one year after the director's internationally successful "
La strada ", "Il bidone" continues with many of the same socially-conscious, neorealist-inspired themes while minimizing thepoetic realism and extravagant vitality that is today is known as "felliniesque " in favor of a more pointed political stance.Plot
The film follows the exploits of a group of swindlers, focusing on their aging leader Augusto, as they go about their "business," reaping both rewards and consequences.
It is episodic, with scenes of various swindles (such dressing up as clergy to cheat an old woman out of her money, or pretending to be government workers to pull a con amongst the poor and homeless) followed by scenes of the aftermath.
Cast
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Broderick Crawford as Augusto
*Giulietta Masina as Iris
*Richard Basehart as Picasso
*Franco Fabrizi as Roberto
* Sue Ellen Blake as Anna
* Irene Cefaro as Marisa
* Alberto De Amicis as Rinaldo
* Lorella De Luca as Patrizia
* Giacomo Gabrielli as Il Baron Vargas
* Riccardo Garrone as RiccardoCritical reception
Film critic
Bosley Crowther , gave the film a mixed review calling it "a cheap crime thriller." He added, "For this film, which is often mentioned in estimations of the master's works, is notable as a false step in his movement toward the development of a type of story material...But it contains some very strong Fellini phases and accumulations of moods that make it well worth seeing. And it is generally well played...Broderick Crawford's performance as the swindler is heavy and sodden, with a particular flair for postured histrionics in the swindle scenes." [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=990DE1D61E3FEE32A25753C2A9679D946591D6CF&oref=slogin Cowther, Bosley] . "The New York Times ," film review,November 20 ,1964 . Last accessed:January 26 ,2008 .]Awards
Nominations
*Venice Film Festival : Golden Lion, Federico Fellini; 1955.Refeernces
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