Synopsis
Aging small-time con man Augusto, who swindles peasants, works with two younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso, who has a wife and daughter and wants to paint. Augusto avoids the personal entanglements, spending money at clubs seeking the good life. His attitude changes when he runs into his own daughter, whom he rarely sees, and realizes she's now a young woman and in need of his help to continue her studies. His usual partners are away, so he goes in with others to run a swindle, and they aren't forgiving when he claims he's given the money back to their mark. They leave him beaten, robbed, and alone.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Société Générale de Cinématographie (SGC)
- Foreign production company : Titanus Produzione
- French distribution : Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini
- Director of Photography : Otello Martelli
- Music Composer : Nino Rota
- Assistant Director : Dominique Delouche
- Editors : Mario Serandrei, Giuseppe Vari
- Foreign producers : Silvio Clementelli, Goffredo Lombardo
- Co-producer : Charles Delac
- Production Designer : Dario Cecchi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Italy, France)