Movie

Il cilindro (1978)

• January 1, 1978
• 1h 32m

• Comedy

Overview

The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agostino-Eduardo" in the comedy, is a representation of power, designed to intimidate the ignorant for its only evocative "power". It can also be seen as a sort of "Pirandellian mask", where the character of Augustine wears it to defend himself and represent something that he is not.

Director

Eduardo De Filippo

Writers

Eduardo De Filippo

Starring

Eduardo De Filippo, Monica Vitti, Luca De Filippo