I viaggiatori della sera

I viaggiatori della sera
Directed by	Ugo Tognazzi
Written by	Ugo Tognazzi Sandro Parenzo
Produced by	Franco Committeri
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Ornella Vanoni Corinne Cléry
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Xavier Battles Toti Soler
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain

I viaggiatori della sera ('The Evening Travellers') is a 1979 science fiction-drama film written and directed by Ugo Tognazzi. A co-production between Italy and Spain, it is loosely based on a novel with the same name by Umberto Simonetta. ^[1]

Synopsis

In an alternative 1980 future, recently approved laws mandate that everybody must retire and move into state-run vacation villages upon reaching their 50th birthday. Here, although provided with free food, alcohol, entertainment and all perks of a promiscuous life style, the guests are effectively prisoners who get progressively decimated, by winning a "cruise" from which there is no return.

The movie follows the experience of a couple forced into the new reality, under pressure of their own sons and society as a whole. Although initially rebellious, they progressively give in, and will both die within some weeks in the village. Their sons are relatively at ease with the new system, which is in turn embraced unquestionably by their own child.

Cast

• Ugo Tognazzi: Orso, the husband and grandfather
• Ornella Vanoni: Nicki, his wife.
• Corinne Cléry: Ortensia
• Roberta Paladini: Anna Maria
• Pietro Brambilla: Francesco
• José Luis López Vázquez: Simoncini
• William Berger: Cochi Fontana
• Manuel de Blas: Bertani
• Deddi Savagnone: Mila
• Leonardo Benvenuti: Zafferi
• Sergio Antonica  : clerk Motorway service area

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.

External links

• I viaggiatori della sera at IMDb