The Basilisks (1963) — comedy, drama film. Directed by Lina Wertmüller. Starring Stefano Satta Flores, Antonio Petruzzi, Rosanna Santoro, Sergio Ferranino. This page maps 4 characters and 4 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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The film portrays how provincial identity, inherited rituals, and local history restrict the possibility of escape.
Comedy, Drama · 7.6/10 · 85 min · 1963
Francesco, Sergio, and Antonio, three young men in a small, poverty-stricken village, lead uneventful lives. As all three are unemployed, they pass time roaming the streets and chasing girls. One day, Antonio's aunt asks him to stay with her and his cousins in Rome. He accepts and enrolls at a university, leaving his two friends behind to envy him for his new upscale lifestyle. But eventually Antonio returns, initially just for a day. Though he boasts about his life, he never returns to Rome and instead opts for his friends and the place he grew up, despite all its shortcomings.
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