Gli anni struggenti

Gli anni struggenti (also titled II Concorrente) is a 1979 Italian film directed by Vittorio Sindoni and written by Nicola Badalucco with Sindoni. It stars Fabio Traversa, Laura Lenzi and Gabriele Ferzetti. It received a middling review from Variety in which it was compared to Ermamno Olmi's The Job.

Cast

 * Fabio Traversa: Saverio Bivona
 * Laura Lenzi: Andreina
 * Gabriele Ferzetti: Prof. Carmelo Bivona
 * Marisa Traversi: Carmela, madre di Saverio
 * Chiara Salerno: Grazia
 * Giorgio Viterbo: Raffaele Cucinotta
 * Nino Bontempo: Hotel night porter
 * Paolo Fagone: Saverio as a child