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Four Steps in the Clouds
+ intro by season curator Giulia Saccogna
Quattro passi fra le nuvole
A rural interlude for a city employee turns into an idyllic interruption to the monotony of his life, in one of the first films to display neorealist traits.
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Director
Alessandro Blasetti
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With
Gino Cervi, Adriana Benetti, Aldo Silvani, Giuditta Rissone
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Italy 1942. 91min
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35mm
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Certificate
PG
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English subtitles
An ordinary travelling salesman, frustrated by his dull family life, meets a young and pregnant woman on a train. At her request, he pretends to be her husband for a day. Blasetti began his career by making historical films, but this bittersweet comedy marks a fresh break from his previous work, lending a popular comedy genre a quiet melancholy. For the first time a neorealist impulse emerges.
35mm courtesy of Cinecittà.
Joint ticket available with Journey Through Italian Neorealism on Tuesday 7 May £16, concessions £13 (Members pay £2 less).
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