La vita agra
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Written by	Sergio Amidei Luciano Vincenzoni Carlo Lizzani Luciano Bianciardi
Produced by	E. Nino Krisman
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Giovanna Ralli
Cinematography	Erico Menczer
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Release date	1964 (1964)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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."^[1]

• 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.

• La vita agra at IMDb
• La vita agra at AllMovie