It's a Hard Life (1964)

Description

Based on the novel of the same name by Luciano Bianciardi, LA VITA AGRA (A SOUR LIFE) is the story of Luciano Bianchi (Ugo Tognazzi), a cultural services worker at a large mine. After being fired, to avenge himself and the miners who died in a terrible disaster, Luciano travels to Milan, determined to carry out an attack. But in the Milan of the economic miracle, he is swept away by the feverish activity of the metropolis, disillusioned by his "comrades," fascinated by a young woman (Giovanna Ralli) with whom he joins, renounces his ideas, begins to work, and burrows into obscurity.