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The Organiser

I compagni

1963

Mario Monicelli

Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Gabriella Giorgelli ...

8.0

1,800

Drama The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is sent by, presumably, the Socialists to help them organize their strike and give form to their struggle.

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"This simple social drama turns out to be engrossingly human, compassionate and humorous (...) A lot of credit for the humor and sincerity must go to Marcello Mastroianni"	POS
United States	Andy Klein Los Angeles Times	"Masterpiece (...) This may be the best film about labor struggles ever made. It's also gorgeously shot."	POS
United States	Bill Weber Slant	"[Monicelli] here doesn’t suppress his comedic instincts (...) Worldly wise and etched in hellish, beautiful smoke and soot (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Marcello Mastroianni in one of his best roles (...) Directed by Mario Monicelli (...) with an exquisite handling of period (...) Arguably one of the great Italian films of the 60s"	POS

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