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Are they supposed to be as old as they look?

posted 14 years ago by cpuller-642-329716
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Just a quick question while watching this.
Are they really between 25 and 30 (fausto looks at least that old)?
Was it because of a high unemployment rate back then?

Or are the actors just older than their roles (like in many american movies)
so they are supposed to be 20 or something.

edit: ok it seems they are that old because unemployment is a topic throughout the film.

[–] carlosgreene 14 years ago

I think they are suposed to be between 25 and 35. Alberto Sordi was 33 when they made the movie.In those days everybody dressed with ties, etc and looked older. There was no "casual/jeans" look.

[–] siukong 13 years ago

Fausto mentions he's 30 at one point, and as the "leader" I think he's the oldest. I think I read somewhere that the rest are in their early to mid-20s.

[–] Lord_X 13 years ago

And more than 50 years later the unemployment is back and most young people are in that very same situation. Talk about history as a circle, huh?

Language! The thing that means stuff.

[–] eamonn_keane 12 years ago

Yes, they are all in their twenties; they're supposed to be the idle sons of moderately well-off families, who have probably got a bit of education but can't be bothered to get jobs.