Il cilindro (1978)
Overview
The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agostino-Eduardo" in the comedy, is a representation of power, designed to intimidate the ignorant for its only evocative "power". It can also be seen as a sort of "Pirandellian mask", where the character of Augustine wears it to defend himself and represent something that he is not.
Cast
Eduardo De Filippo
Agostino Muscariello
Monica Vitti
Rita
Luca De Filippo
Rodolfo
Pupella Maggio
Bettina
Vincenzo Salemme
Linda Moretti
Marzio Honorato
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