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, Elio Petri, Carlo Romano.
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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 | Aldo Pace | Unit Manager |
| Production | Bruno Sassaroli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |
| Art | Giovanni Checchi | Production Design |
| Directing | Berto Pelosso | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Enzo Silvestri | Sound |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Luigi Barnardini | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Flavio Niccolini | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Vanda Olasio | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Luigi Urbini | Conductor |
| Production | Anna Maria Campanile | Production Manager |
| Camera | Francesco Marino | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carlo Romano | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ivan Vandor | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Giovanni Checchi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Story |
| Writing | Tonino Guerra | Story |