title: La vita agra (film)
text: # La vita agra (film)
  
  La vita agra is a 1964 Italian film by director Carlo Lizzani, based on Luciano Bianciardi's novel of the same name.
  
  In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ugo Tognazzi as Luciano Bianchi
  * Giovanna Ralli as Anna
  * Nino Krisman as The Chairman
  * Giampiero Albertini as Libero
  * Rossana Martini as Mara
  * Elio Crovetto as Carlone
  * Enzo Jannacci as The Ballad Singer
  * Paola Dapino as Iolanda
  * Pippo Starnazza as The Librarian
  * Maria Pia Arcangeli as The Publishing House Manager
  * Augusto Bonardi as The Propagandist
  * Antonio Bruno as The Police Superintendent
  * Pupo De Luca as Don Torneri, the Priest
  
  Luciano Bianciardi, author of the novel, appeared in a small cameo.
  
  