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A shy, inhibited law student representing the traditional, more scrupulous Italy.

The film’s title, which translates to "the overtaking," refers to the aggressive Italian driving habit of passing other cars at all costs—a metaphor for social and economic competition. As they travel from Rome to the Tuscan coast, the road becomes a stage where Risi critiques: Il Sorpasso | Gagosian Quarterly Il_sorpasso_1962_HD_-_Altadefinizione01

Their chance encounter on a deserted Ferragosto (holiday) in Rome begins a two-day odyssey that is ostensibly a comedy but functions as a "moral fable". Bruno represents the new, individualistic, and consumerist spirit of the 1960s, while Roberto stands for the fading, more interiorized values of the 1950s. The Symbolic Road A shy, inhibited law student representing the traditional,