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Sue Me

1985 · 108 min

A gentle, talky Italian comedy that ambles through a courtroom and its everyday petitioners, offering wry smiles more than belly laughs.

Overview
Judge Pennisi deals with a lot of citizens every day, some of them criminals, but almost always ordinary people, suffering from a wide range of problems.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Steno
Written by
Steno, Enrico Vanzina
Starring
Christian De Sica, Gigi Proietti, Stefania Sandrelli, Franco Fabrizi, Giorgio Bracardi, Luca Sportelli, Gigi Reder, Antonio Francioni
Music
Manuel De Sica
Cinematography
Carlo Carlini
Runtime
108 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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