The Automobile

October. 10,1971

Rating：

6.1

Genre：

Drama TV Movie

Keywords：

Prostitute Rome

Trailer Synopsis Cast

An ex-prostitute, feeling an emptiness in her life, decides to fill it by buying a car.

Anna Magnani as Anna

Vittorio Caprioli as Giggetto

Donato Castellaneta as Guidino

Milla Johansson as Woman by the restaurant entrance (uncredited)

Renato Malavasi as Matteo

Pupo De Luca as Insegnante scuola guida

Ettore Geri as Il tedesco

Luigi Zerbinati as Il cameriere

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Reviews

Karry

1971/10/10

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Moustroll

1971/10/11

Good movie but grossly overrated

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PiraBit

1971/10/12

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Erica Derrick

1971/10/13

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Jay Curly

1971/10/14

It's always worth your while to watch Anna Magnani, but it would have been better if this film would have gone somewhere. Anna plays an ex-prostitute who is now getting a little older and feels that something is missing from her life, so she decides to by a car. She's never driven before and she enlists the help of an old friend to teach her to drive. Some of the scenes are quite funny, and Anna is like an old friend that you want to spend time with, so the movie is enjoyable, but it could have been more. It's obvious that the new car won't be able to fill the emptiness in her life, and at the end when she's disappointed, it's hard to feel all that sorry for her.

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