The Joy of Living

IMDb link: 0053707
IMDb rating: 6.5 (632 votes)
Genres: Comedy
Director: Alain Delon, Rene Clement
Cast: Gino Cervi, Rina Morelli, Barbara Lass and others

Release date: 11 May 1961
Release year: 1961
Runtime: 132 minutes
Country: Italy, France
Keywords: job, reference to mikhail bakunin, anarchism, fascism, military, reference to ravachol, reference to francois claudius koenigstein aka ravachol, reference to constantine i of greece, year 1921, reference to hirohito

Plot:

Rome 1921: Ulysse, who grew up in an orphanage and has just been discharged from military service, joins the fascist party out of financial necessity. While chasing an anarchist leaflet maker, he meets his daughter and falls in love, his political views change. Nevertheless, he gets into trouble when assassinations are attributed to him that he never carried out.

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