The Monsters (1963) on Netflix
Twenty episodes satirize the habits and vices of sixties Italy, taking in nobles, the poor, politicians and the middle classes. A father tells his son that cheating, not toil, brings success.
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Plot summary
Twenty episodes satirize the habits and vices of Italians in the sixties, taking in the nobility and the poor, politicians and police officers who abuse their authority, and the middle classes. In one episode a man who has killed his family barricades himself inside his house. In another, a father tells his son that one gets ahead in life by cheating rather than through toil, and the boy puts the lesson to use on his schoolmates and at a fair. The film was coproduced with France and was censored in Spain. A sequel followed in 1977, and in 2008 the picture was named among 100 Italian films to be saved.
Cast
- Franco Castellanias Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")
- Maria Mannellias Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")
- Carlo Kechleras Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
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- Ugo Attanasioas General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
- Luciana Vincenzias Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")
- Françoise Leroyas Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")
- Maria Luisa Rispolias Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")
- Riccardo Paladinias Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Monsters (1963)
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- In 2008 the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage put I mostri on its list of 100 Italian films to be saved, honouring films that changed the country's collective memory between 1942 and 1978.
