Amarcord

Amarcord | Italy 1973 | D: Federico Fellini | Screenplay: Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra | Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno | Music: Nino Rota | Cast: Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Nando Orfei, Peppino Ianigro | 123 min | OmU | "Amarcord" means "I remember" in the dialect of Emilia-Romagna. The film is an impressionistic and affectionate ode to the sufferings of puberty in a small seaside town. The setting is an Italian holiday resort called Borgo in the 1930s, when the Fascists already held power. The life of the province, which runs along fixed tracks, also dictates the form of the film, which shows life in the town over the course of a year: everyday problems, the pranks of adolescent teenagers, marital quarrels, and the formative role of the church. Особенно important is the village cinema Fulgor, which for Fellini was a "warm cesspool of all vices". AMARCORD was created after caricatures of people whom Fellini had known as a child.