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The Five Days

Original title: Le cinque giornate
  • 19731973
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
525
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The Five Days (1973)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • History
In the chaos of the final days of the Italian revolution a thief and a baker hook up and travel the streets of Milan witnessing the historic events, which quickly take a dark turn.In the chaos of the final days of the Italian revolution a thief and a baker hook up and travel the streets of Milan witnessing the historic events, which quickly take a dark turn.In the chaos of the final days of the Italian revolution a thief and a baker hook up and travel the streets of Milan witnessing the historic events, which quickly take a dark turn.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
525
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  • Director
    • Dario Argento
  • Writers
    • Enzo Ungari(story)
    • Dario Argento(story)
    • Luigi Cozzi(story)
  • Stars
    • Adriano Celentano
    • Enzo Cerusico
    • Marilù Tolo
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  • Director
    • Dario Argento
  • Writers
    • Enzo Ungari(story)
    • Dario Argento(story)
    • Luigi Cozzi(story)
  • Stars
    • Adriano Celentano
    • Enzo Cerusico
    • Marilù Tolo
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    • 4User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    The Five Days (1973)
    Adriano Celentano and Enzo Cerusico in The Five Days (1973)
    Adriano Celentano, Enzo Cerusico, and Carla Tatò in The Five Days (1973)
    Dario Argento and Adriano Celentano in The Five Days (1973)
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    The Five Days (1973)

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    Adriano Celentano
    Adriano Celentano
    • Cainazzo
    Enzo Cerusico
    • Romolo Marcelli
    Marilù Tolo
    Marilù Tolo
    • The Countess
    Luisa De Santis
    Luisa De Santis
    • Pregnant Woman
    Glauco Onorato
    Glauco Onorato
    • Zampino
    Carla Tatò
    • The Widow
    Sergio Graziani
    • Baron Tranzunto
    Germano Altomanni
    Salvatore Baccaro
    Salvatore Baccaro
    • Garafino
    Loredana Martinez
      Guglielmo Bardella
      Loredana Benacca
      Ugo Bologna
      Ugo Bologna
      • Official at victory celebratiom
      Luca Bonicalzi
      Renato Paracchi
      Guerrino Crivello
      Tom Felleghy
      • Mariano
      Claudio Sforzini
      • Director
        • Dario Argento
      • Writers
        • Enzo Ungari(story)
        • Dario Argento(story) (screenplay)
        • Luigi Cozzi(story)
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      6/10
      A real curiosity piece from Dario Argento
      I have been aware of this film for many, many years now. Yet I always used to forget it existed when I thought of Dario Argento's filmography. I guess he is such am auteur that it seemed really bizarre that he would direct a historical comedy. Having said that, he did seem to have a penchant for including comedy into most of his his gialli and horror films. But with the odd exceptions such as the comic interplay between David Hemmings and Daria Nicolodi in Deep Red, I have to say that his attempts at humour always seemed really clunky. So for this reason, I never really made any attempt to seek The Five Days of Milan out. As it turned out, a fellow IMDb user kindly sorted me out a copy of the film and I was finally able to check it out for myself.

      During the final days of the Italian revolution a thief escapes from jail in the chaos. He hooks up with a baker and they travel the streets of Milan together witnessing the historic events. Unfortunately, the idealism of the revolution quickly turns to hypocrisy, rape and murder.

      As it turned out this was Argento's only film to move away from the giallo/horror genres. It wasn't successful seemingly but it isn't necessarily difficult to understand why. It has a wildly varying tone that veers from slapstick to brutal rape. This must've been quite disconcerting for many at the time. The comedy isn't particularly funny to be perfectly honest; although this didn't really surprise me too much given my experience with Argento's other films. But the more sober and serious material is quite effectively handled at times. And the film does seem to have pretty decent production values and does look pretty good as well. Argento's stylistic approach is massively reduced to fit the period film aesthetics, which is a shame in some ways but probably sensible overall. It's a movie that has very Italian specific subject matter and was no doubt only ever conceived of serving the domestic market, so from a non-Italian's point-of-view it doesn't fully make a connection at times. Nevertheless, I have to say that it was a movie that I found more rewarding and interesting than I ever thought I would.
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      • Release date
        • December 20, 1973 (Italy)
      • Country of origin
        • Italy
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • 5 Days of Milan
      • Filming locations
        • Milan, Lombardia, Italy
      • Production company
        • Seda Spettacoli
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 2 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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