I viaggiatori della sera

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I viaggiatori della sera
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Directed by Ugo Tognazzi
Produced by Franco Committeri
Starring Ugo Tognazzi
Ornella Vanoni
Roberta Paladini
Cinematography Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music byXavier Battles
Toti Soler
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
130 minutes
Countries Italy
Spain

I viaggiatori della sera is a 1979 Italian/Spanish science fiction-drama film written and directed by Ugo Tognazzi. It is loosely based on a novel with the same name by Umberto Simonetta. [1]

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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.

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References

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