{{short description|1978 Italian comedy film}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Ecce bombo | image = Ecce bombo p.jpg | caption = | director = Nanni Moretti | producer = Mario Gallo<br>Enzo Giulioli | writer = Nanni Moretti | narrator = | starring = Nanni Moretti<br>Fabio Traversa<br>Luisa Rossi | music = Franco Piersanti | cinematography = Giuseppe Pinori | editing = Enzo Meniconi | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1978|03|08|df=y}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''Ecce Bombo''''' is a 1978 Italian comedy film written and directed by and starring Nanni Moretti. It was filmed in 16 mm but released in 35 mm. It was Moretti's first commercial success.
==Plot== Michele Apicella, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four highschool friends who were on the forefront of the political protests that characterized the second half of the 1960s. Now a few years older, the four friends are no longer politically active and struggle to come to terms with their present. Intellectually marginalized and disenchanted with contemporary society, they form a collective consciousness group to try to understand what to do with themselves. Another friend, Cesare, decides to join them although he has mixed feelings about the whole experience, leading a relatively comfortable life. Things change when Michele starts a relationship with Cesare's girlfriend Flaminia.
==Cast== * Nanni Moretti - Michele Apicella * Luisa Rossi - Michele's mother * Glauco Mauri - Michele's father * Lina Sastri - Olga * Piero Galletti - Goffredo * Susanna Javicoli - Silvia * Cristina Manni - Cristina * Lorenza Ralli - Michele's sister Valentina * Maurizio Romoli - Flaminia's husband Cesare * Carola Stagnaro - Flaminia * Fabio Traversa - Mirko * Giorgio Viterbo - Reporter for 'Telecalifornia' * Paolo Zaccagnini - Vito * Sandro Conte - Student * Maurizio Di Taddeo - Student * Mauro Fabretti - Student
==Awards== * Nastro d'Argento: Best Story * Nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1981/year/1978.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Ecce bombo |accessdate=2009-05-12|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0077482|title=Ecce Bombo}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ecce Bombo}} Category:1978 comedy films Category:1978 films Category:Films directed by Nanni Moretti Category:1978 Italian-language films Category:Italian comedy films Category:1978 Italian films Category:Films scored by Franco Piersanti Category:Italian-language comedy films
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