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Amarcord (or 'I Remember' in local dialect)
was conceived as a tribute to Fellini's childhood upbringing in
the Italian resort town of Rimini. He captures a year in the life
of a provincial seaside town in the 1930s through a series of nostalgic
vignettes which reflect the bizarre mixture of characters and events
that the town attracts: loopy teachers, strange foreigners, curvaceous
women, a skinny nymphomaniac and a crazed solitary motorcyclist,
hilarious family rows, a wedding and a funeral. Veering from delicate
and painful emotions - the poignant mortality of the dying mother
playing with her wedding ring, now loose on her wasted finger, as
her husband strains to keep his composure - to scenes of hilarity
as schoolboys play pranks on their teacher, Fellini¿s Amarcord
covers life in all its forms: comedy and tragedy, wonder and disillusionment.
Winner of the
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974.
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Dur: 120mins
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