Luciano Emmer – Domenica d’agosto AKA Sunday in August (1950)

Frolickers enjoy a sunny afternoon at a Roman beach.

Review:
Recalling the informal neorealist spirit and sociopolitical consciousness of important prewar ensembles such as People on Sunday (1930) and Treno popolare (1933), while paving the way for the wry comedies of manners produced under the aegis of commedia all’italiana, Luciano Emmer’s wonderful Sunday in August (Domenica d’agosto) skillfully interweaves several stories involving a disparate array of Romans who flock to the beaches of Ostia on the eponymous day to escape both the summer heat and their daily troubles. As this lively blend of fiction and documentary proves, however, they are only partly successful in their endeavors.

Emmer belongs to the group of underappreciated Italian filmmakers whom history has placed somewhere between the generation responsible for neorealism and the politically radical troop that emerged in the sixties. He spent most of his career making art documentaries, for which he remains best known. According to American critic Dave Kehr, a vocal champion of Emmer’s work, he made his foray toward features when he was asked to make this film from a story by Sergio Amidei, a frequent collaborator of Rossellini. It boasts a number of then up-and-coming actors, including Marcello Mastroianni.
— Arsaib Gilbert (Letterboxd)

Domenica d'agosto (Sunday in August) (1950) -- Luciano Emmer.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 18 min
Size: 	1.22 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	706x574 ~> 765x574
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 950 kb/s
BPP: 	0.200
Audio
#1:  	Italian 5.1ch AC-3 @ 256 kb/s

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, Italian (muxed)