Les jours comptés (1962)
Un ouvrier plombier quinquagénaire, veuf et père, assiste dans un autobus au décès d'un homme. Ce drame sert de détonateur à la prise de conscience du temps qu'il lui reste à vivre (« ses jours sont désormais comptés »). Il ressent, plus que jamais, la nécessité de modifier ses habitudes. Mais, chaque initiative prise dans ce sens ne fait qu'accroître douloureusement son désarroi... Il est, hélas, impossible, à son âge, de changer son destin. Ayant quitté son emploi, il y retourne lucidement, mais toujours aussi convaincu de l'inutilité de son existence.
Directeur:
Elio Petri
écrivains:
Tonino Guerra, Carlo Romano, Elio Petri.
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Salvo Randone as Cesare Conversi |
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Franco Sportelli as Amilcare Franceschelli |
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Regina Bianchi as Giulia |
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Marcella Valeri as Graziella's Mother |
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Angela Minervini as Graziella |
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Renato Maddalena as |
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Alberto Amato as Vinicio's Accomplice |
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Giulio Battiferri as Spartaco |
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Vittorio Bottone as |
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Lando Buzzanca as Cesare's Son |
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Aldo Dini as |
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Pasquale Esposito as |
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Vincenzo Falanga as Mazzolatore |
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Egidio Porzia as |
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Enrico Salvatore as |
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Silva Silvi as |
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Paolo Ferrari as Vinicio |
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Vittorio Caprioli as Professor |
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Calogero Azzaretto as Train Passenger (uncredited) |
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Adriana Bruno as Tram Passenger (uncredited) |
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Nestore Cavaricci as Museum Attendant (uncredited) |
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Thea Fleming as Tram Passenger (uncredited) |
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Piero Guccione as Painter (uncredited) |
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Orlando Pallamari as Tribunal Bar Client (uncredited) |
| Directing | Elio Petri | Director |
| Writing | Tonino Guerra | Screenplay |
| Production | Bruno Sassaroli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Aldo Pace | Unit Manager |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |
| Camera | Luigi Barnardini | Camera Operator |
| Art | Giovanni Checchi | Production Design |
| Editing | Vanda Olasio | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Production | Anna Maria Campanile | Production Manager |
| Directing | Berto Pelosso | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Flavio Niccolini | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Luigi Urbini | Conductor |
| Sound | Enzo Silvestri | Sound |
| Camera | Francesco Marino | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Carlo Romano | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ivan Vandor | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Story |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tonino Guerra | Story |
| Art | Giovanni Checchi | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |