Overview
Tommaso Puzzilli is a boy who grew up in the suburb of Pietralata outside Rome. Not having a job, Tommaso and his friends are committing crimes to make money.
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Setting
Set in Rome
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Music
Music by Piero Piccioni
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Pier Paolo PasoliniNovel
- Franco SolinasScreenplay
- Paolo HeuschScreenplay
- Brunello RondiScreenplay
- Ennio De ConciniStory
- Franco BrusatiStory
- Original title
- Una vita violenta
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 29, 1962
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
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