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The Boom
1963 89m
Comedy
7.1
100%
67%
68%
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During the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
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Directed By
Vittorio De Sica
Written By
Cesare Zavattini
Studio
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
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Cast of The Boom
Alberto Sordi
Giovanni Alberti
Gianna Maria Canale
Silvia Alberti
Ettore Geri
Mr. Bausetti
Elena Nicolai
Mrs. Bausetti
Mariolina Bovo
Mrs. Faravalli
Gloria Cervi
Mrs. Baratti
Sandra Verani
Mrs. Dronazzi
Sandro Merli
Dronazzi
Maria Grazia Buccella
John Karlsen
Alfio Vita
Antonio Mambretti
Alceo Barnabei
Ugo Silvestri
Federico Giordano
Arnaldo Caivano
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
The Boom Reviews
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
This ostensible farce might be a surprise, but the tragic undercurrent that pervades the storyline fits well into [De Sica]'s longstanding left-wing sociopolitical concerns.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Sordi's character, a middle-class middle manager struggling in vain to keep up with Italy's consumer-happy prosperity in the mid-1960s, finds himself in a familiar pickle.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
[A] snappy Italian satire, somewhat reminiscent of Billy Wilder's The Apartment.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
Written by Cesare Zavattini, who did the screenplays for many of De Sica's best-known works, the movie skewers the mendacity inherent in the postwar economic resurgence in his country.
Village Voice
Bilge Ebiri
Vibrant, funny, and disturbing.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Imagine Buster Keaton crossed with David Lynch, with a bit of Billy Wilder satire tossed into the mix, and you'll have a rough idea of the wild and crazy tightrope 1963's absurdist "Il Boom" manages to walk.
Battleship Pretension
David Bax
What really reaches through time, though, is the length and sharpness of Il Boom's teeth...
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