An early masterpiece from a cinematic artist who never fails to surprise
Following his excellent debut with L’assassino, Elio Petri’s second film showed that he was already one of the best and most original voices on the European cinematic landscape. Featuring the excellent Salvo Randone as a man in his fifties struck by the sudden awareness of death, the director finds a personal style between Italian neorealism and French nouvelle vague, showing a humanity that has lost its way, crushed by the suffocating chaos of big cities and unable to rediscover a passion for life. I giorni contati is a film that casts a penetrating gaze on regret, twisting reality to show the clear-minded awareness of an artist who never fails to surprise and upset.
A plumber in his fifties is on a bus when he witnesses a man around the same age suddenly die of a heart attack. Realising that his time is limited, the man decides to leave his job and make up for lost time. However, that is easier said than done…
An early masterpiece from a cinematic artist who never fails to surprise
Following his excellent debut with L’assassino, Elio Petri’s second film showed that he was already one of the best and most original voices on the European cinematic landscape. Featuring the excellent Salvo Randone as a man in his fifties struck by the sudden awareness of death, the director finds a personal style between Italian neorealism and French nouvelle vague, showing a humanity that has lost its way, crushed by the suffocating chaos of big cities and unable to rediscover a passion for life. I giorni contati is a film that casts a penetrating gaze on regret, twisting reality to show the clear-minded awareness of an artist who never fails to surprise and upset.
A plumber in his fifties is on a bus when he witnesses a man around the same age suddenly die of a heart attack. Realising that his time is limited, the man decides to leave his job and make up for lost time. However, that is easier said than done…
