"La notte brava" is a daring film for its time, as it deals —according to the permissiveness of the time in European film industries— with prostitution, pimping, black market, homosexuality, pedophilia, bourgeois decadence. It is also an impressive showcase of young talent in Italian and French cinemas, and of the beautiful faces of almost the entire cast, with special emphasis on Lualdi, Milian, Martinelli, Terzieff, Ferrero, Brialy and Schiaffino. Its scripwriter Pasolini would later "correct" this glamorous surface in his own films, populated by people from the streets of Rome and other cities, people's faces, the faces Pasolini speaks of in his work; and being more explicit when dealing with the subjects that are touched in this fine production.
Review of The Big Night
