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Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam
7.7
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582 Ratings

TRAFFIC JAM

L'ingorgo, una storia impossibile

Directed by Luigi Comencini
France, West Germany, 1979
Drama, Comedy

Synopsis

In a huge traffic congestion on the Rome highway, people and cars are trapped for hours. Their stories link together in a funny and grotesque portrait of Italy in the 1970s. But as time goes by, comedy gives place to drama and to a violent social satire of modern times.

Synopsis

In a huge traffic congestion on the Rome highway, people and cars are trapped for hours. Their stories link together in a funny and grotesque portrait of Italy in the 1970s. But as time goes by, comedy gives place to drama and to a violent social satire of modern times.

Our take

Following in the footsteps of Jacques Tati and Jean-Luc Godard, Luigi Comencini stages an absurdist vision of social collapse through the lens of a major road incident. With an all-star cast that includes Marcello Mastroianni, Traffic Jam casts a darkly satirical eye over its automotive apocalypse.