From a Roman Balcony
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mauro Bolognini
Jean Sorel
Lea Massari
Jeanne Valérie
Rik Battaglia
Valeria Ciangottini
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Early one morning David leaves his Roman tenement to look for a job so that he can marry Ivana, a young woman who has borne him a son. David visits a lawyer, Moglie, who supposedly will find him work. While in the lawyer's building, David looks into an apartment in which an unattended corpse lies in state. After taking note of an expensive ring on the dead man's hand, David enters Moglie's office. Moglie impatiently brushes him off, however, and he is once again without hope of a job. While roaming the streets, David encounters a prostitute, Marina, with whom he once had an affair. After a brief interlude of lovemaking, David accompanies Marina to her next client, who turns out to be Moglie. The two blackmail the lawyer into getting David a job as a truckdriver for the Romani oil company. Romani's mistress, Freya, is immediately attracted by David's simplicity and virility; she seduces him, but their passion is interrupted by the roar of David's abandoned truck as it crashes down a hill and bursts into flames. Once more unemployed and completely disillusioned, David heads back for Rome. He suddenly remembers the ring on the dead man's hand, goes to the empty apartment to steal it, and returns to Ivana with enough money to buy a small stall in the local market, baptize their child, and get married.
Director
Mauro Bolognini
Cast
Jean Sorel
Lea Massari
Jeanne Valérie
Rik Battaglia
Valeria Ciangottini
Isabelle Corey
Paolo Stoppa
Marcella Valeri
Luigi Giacosi
Enrico Glori
Elvy Lissiak
Irene D'aloisi
Crew
Nino Baragli
Luigi Bazzoni
Carlo Egidi
Paul Graetz
Borys Lewin
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Piero Piccioni
Aldo Scavarda
Guy Seligman
Marco Visconti
Herman G. Weinberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Rome. Opened in Rome in November 1960 as La giornata balorda; running time: 85 min; in Paris in January 1961 as Ça s'est passé à Rome; running time: 90 min. Original running time: 102 min. Also known as A Crazy Day, Love Is a Day's Work, and Pickup in Rome.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States May 1990
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City May 21 & 22, 1990.
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States May 1990 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City May 21 & 22, 1990.)
