The Joy of Living

The Joy of Living

Film poster
Directed by René Clément
Written by Leonardo Benvenuti
Pierre Bost
René Clément
Piero De Bernardi
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Starring Alain Delon
Cinematography Henri Decaë
Release dates
  • May 1961 (1961-05)
Running time
132 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian
Box office 1,091,442 admissions (France)[1]

The Joy of Living (Italian: Che gioia vivere, French: Quelle joie de vivre) is a 1961 Italian-French comedy film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ulysses (Alain Delon) enrolls in the Italian Fascist party because he cannot find any employment. The first task entrusted to him by the party leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati, where he's hired as an apprentice. This brings him into contact with a family of anarchists, who will turn him into a reluctant hero for love of the beautiful Franca (Barbara Lass). However, at a time when he must make a decisive choice, Ulysses obeys neither the anarchists nor the fascists, and risks his life for a different idea of freedom.

Cast

References

  1. Box office information of film at Box Office Story
  2. "Festival de Cannes: The Joy of Living". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

External links


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