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"QUELLE JOIE DE VIVRE was underestimated on its release, and I hope that today's audience will recognize it as a true masterpiece of René Clément." Alain Delon This is a promotional video (in Italian, with French and English subtitles) for the theatrical rerelease of QUELLE JOIE DE VIVRE, aka "Che gioia vivere" or "The Joy of Living". The 1961 comedy is a French-Italian coproduction starring Alain Delon and Barbara Lass, and directed by René Clément. It was a follow-up to Clément and Delon's earlier collaboration, "Purple Noon", released to considerable acclaim the previous year. QUELLE JOIE DE VIVRE is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ulysses (Delon) enrolls in the fascist party because he cannot find employment. The first task entrusted to him leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati where he's hired as an apprentice. This brings him into contact with a family of anarchists who will turn him into a reluctant hero, for the love of the beautiful Franca (Lass). However, at a t! ime when he must make a decisive choice, Ulysses obeys neither the anarchists or the fascists, even risking his life for a different idea of freedom. QUELLE JOIE DE VIVRE was not a critical or commercial success when first released, much to the disappointment of Clément and Delon (who considers it one of his favorite films). Trimmed from 132 to 115 minutes, it's been difficult to see at either length, in French or Italian. It's hoped that the recent European rerelease by Acacias Films will bring this fine ...

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