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In Italian with English subtitles. Also known as
From a Roman Balcony,
A Crazy Day,
Love is a Day's Work, and
Pickup in Rome.
Directed by
Mauro Bolognini.
La Giornata Balorda is fascinating not only because of its neo-realistic heritage, but because it was banned in Italy -- not on sexual or anti-religious grounds, but because of its depiction of Italian society. David (
Jean Sorel) is a poverty-stricken young man who has impregnated the woman he loves (
Lea Massari) and now wants to marry her. The baby has already been born when David sets out to "buy" a job. His uncle, not a model of propriety, gets him introduced to a slick operator who really does not want to hire David at all. But the future employer's mistress takes one look at David and lets her lover know he just has to give him a job. Meanwhile, David is still stuck with the problem of getting the money together to "buy" his job, and he solves that in a rather creative manner.
