The Reckless

In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlooking the Autostrada del Sole, Montaldo offers us an effective narrative transposition of the 'animal spirits' that governed the economic boom in Italy at the time. He is a character of contradictory humanity: capable of handling business, overdue bills, trade union relations, marital betrayal, but also the passion that binds him to his wife with equal unscrupulousness.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo

Cast: Renato Salvatori, Norma Bengell, Nino Segurini, Marina Malfatti, Dino Fontanesi, Raffaele Triggia, Iginio Marchesini, Gino Agostini

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.