Traffic Jam (film)

Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam
	Film poster
Directed by	Luigi Comencini
Written by	Luigi Comencini; Ruggero Maccari; Bernardino Zapponi
Based on	L'Autoroute du sud; by Julio Cortázar (uncredited)
Produced by	Anna Maria Clementelli; Silvio Clementelli; Michael Fengler
Starring	Alberto Sordi; Annie Girardot; Fernando Rey; Patrick Dewaere; Ángela Molina; Harry Baer; Marcello Mastroianni; Stefania Sandrelli; Ugo Tognazzi; Miou-Miou; Gérard Depardieu;
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Fiorenzo Carpi
Release date	12 January 1979;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Traffic Jam (Italian: L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile) is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini.^[1] It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The film, although uncredited, is based on the 1966 short story "L'Autoroute du sud" by Julio Cortázar.^[3]

Plot

In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in terrible traffic jam for twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes strange. There is a selfish and hypocritical entrepreneur in a luxury car; a young hippie girl harassed and then raped by some dandies and a family from Naples on the way to Rome to abort their daughter.

The day the traffic jam clears, the entrepreneur hires the girl from Naples for a record company in exchange for a sexual service. The girl is raped and then comforted by a man who wants to avenge her but then gives up. The rapists leave quietly once more.

Cast

Annie Girardot as Irene
Fernando Rey as Carlo
Miou-Miou as Angela
Gérard Depardieu as Franco
Ugo Tognazzi as Professor
Marcello Mastroianni as Marco Montefoschi
Stefania Sandrelli as Teresa
Alberto Sordi as De Benedetti
Orazio Orlando as Ferreri
Gianni Cavina as Pompeo
Harry Baer as Mario
Ángela Molina as Martina
Ciccio Ingrassia as The Dying Man
Patrick Dewaere as Young man
José Sacristán as The Priest

References

^ "NY Times: Traffic Jam". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Traffic Jam". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
^ Cento anni dalla nascita di Luigi Comencini, 5 film da non perdere e l'omaggio di Sky- Film.it (in Italian)

External links

Traffic Jam at IMDb

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[NY_Times.com-1] "NY Times: Traffic Jam". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: Traffic Jam". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

[3] Cento anni dalla nascita di Luigi Comencini, 5 film da non perdere e l'omaggio di Sky- Film.it (in Italian)

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