| Traffic Jam | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Written by | Luigi Comencini Ruggero Maccari Bernardino Zapponi |
| Based on | L'Autoroute du sud by Julio Cortázar (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Anna Maria Clementelli Silvio Clementelli Michael Fengler |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Traffic Jam (Italian: L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile) is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini.[1] It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film, although uncredited, is based on the 1966 short story "L'Autoroute du sud" by Julio Cortázar.[3]
Plot
In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in terrible traffic jam for twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes strange. There is a selfish and hypocritical entrepreneur in a luxury car; a young hippie girl harassed and then raped by some dandies and a family from Naples on the way to Rome to abort their daughter.
The day the traffic jam clears, the entrepreneur hires the girl from Naples for a record company in exchange for a sexual service. The girl is raped and then comforted by a man who wants to avenge her but then gives up. The rapists leave quietly once more.
Cast
- Annie Girardot as Irene
- Fernando Rey as Carlo
- Miou-Miou as Angela
- Gérard Depardieu as Franco
- Ugo Tognazzi as Professor
- Marcello Mastroianni as Marco Montefoschi
- Stefania Sandrelli as Teresa
- Alberto Sordi as De Benedetti
- Orazio Orlando as Ferreri
- Gianni Cavina as Pompeo
- Harry Baer as Mario
- Ángela Molina as Martina
- Ciccio Ingrassia as The Dying Man
- Patrick Dewaere as Young man
- José Sacristán as The Priest
References
- ↑ "NY Times: Traffic Jam". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Traffic Jam". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ Cento anni dalla nascita di Luigi Comencini, 5 film da non perdere e l'omaggio di Sky- Film.it (in Italian)
External links
- Traffic Jam at IMDb