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Il bidone (1955) The Swindlers [The Criterion Collection]
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Il bidone
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 113 min | 4,73 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 1.0 @ 96 Kbps + English Commentary track
Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 113 min | 4,73 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 1.0 @ 96 Kbps + English Commentary track
Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Writers: Federico Fellini (story), Ennio Flaiano (story)
Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina
Between the international triumphs of La strada and Nights of Cabiria, Federico Fellini made this fascinatingly unique film, which has been long overlooked. Largely eschewing the poetic flourishes of the more famous works that bookend it, Il bidone is a dark neorealist crime drama starring a commanding Broderick Crawford as one of the most complex characters in the director’s canon: an aging con man who, having made a career preying on the desperation of poor peasants, suddenly finds that his crooked ways have begun to catch up with him. Masterfully entwining the story’s human grit with elements of humor and pathos, Fellini crafts a searing portrait of a man reckoning with the consequences of his life’s choices that hits with the force of a profound moral tragedy.
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Il bidone (1955) The Swindlers [The Criterion Collection]
Audio Commentary by film scholar Frank Burke (2020)
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