It's a Hard Life

1964 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 460 VOTES · DIR. Carlo Lizzani

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Overview

Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,186 lines

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00:00:03 "The express train for Bologna, Florence and Rome..."
00:06:13 - You could work here, you have a typewriter. - I can't, they're expecting me at the newspaper.
00:11:02 On the form here it says that you speak English.
00:15:54 You're eating paella at 9 o'clock in the morning?
00:19:35 I have to admit it, you're right.
00:23:15 ... of country music. - I'm just an amateur.
00:27:45 - Then look at this. - What is it?
00:31:47 - You're a bum, you know that? - Yes. - You admit that you're a bum?
00:35:24 It shows, just like his other work, that the pleasure of...
00:38:38 If you don't have a deceased relative in some mining disaster...
00:42:26 And yet it would be so simple! Boredom, the lack of communication...
00:46:53 - Anyone there? - No, they went to the cinema.
00:50:06 I, thank God, am a free woman.
00:54:30 The fired me for low productivity.
00:59:31 You are there? You come here?
01:04:00 - Hi, how are you? - Good, and you?
01:07:25 See? Oh, hold on...
01:11:03 Then you must be pregnant.
01:14:39 ... with your ears, not your mouth. The biscuits were exactly the same.
01:18:33 ... when the fog goes away and the weather starts to change.
01:25:35 It really is the sour life up here, you fall down and no one helps you up.
01:30:26 This is why, for his entire life, man will be subjected quite violently...
01:33:49 Luciano, I don't know languages like you but I know Italian. Talk!
300:00:00 - And a third in advance.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,186
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line300:00:00

Production Record

DirectorCarlo Lizzani
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes460