La libertà di non conformarsi. Tracce di una nouvelle vague italiana

While the collective momentum of the late-1950s and early-1960s New Waves did not fully emerge in Italy, already shaped by Neorealism, this essay argues that traces of a similar impulse can be found in 1960s Italian cinema. Through a selection of often overlooked films, it highlights forms of cultural and generational freedom expressed in both theme and style, revealing the subversive energy at their core.