Celebration for the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birth
The Fellini Retrospective organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Randwick Ritz Cinema on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great master of Italian cinema continues with the screening of Il bidone (1955).
The retrospective, organised by the Ritz Cinema, immediately found the enthusiastic participation of the IIC who has engaged the expertise of Christian Pazzaglia to open the series and introduce some of the titles listed in the program. The public will be invited to interact with Pazzaglia at the end of the screening through Q&A sessions.
Il bidone (1955)
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Richard Basehart
Plot: 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 victim. They leave him beaten, robbed, and alone.
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