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Like a Cat on a Highway

2017 · 99 min

A gentle, good-natured culture-clash comedy that balances laughs with sincere warmth, easy to watch and quietly affecting.

Directed by
Riccardo Milani
Genres
Family, Comedy
Starring
Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco
Tagline
They can't last. Longer than a cat on a highway.
Overview
The story of an encounter between a bourgeois man and a poor woman, because their teenage children fall in love.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Riccardo Milani
Genres
Family, Comedy
Starring
Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • class
  • family
  • love
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
family, comedy
Directed by
Riccardo Milani
Written by
Riccardo Milani, Furio Andreotti, Paola Cortellesi, Giulia Calenda
Starring
Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco, Luca Angeletti, Antonio D'Ausilio, Alice Maselli, Simone de Bianchi, Claudio Amendola
Music
Andrea Guerra
Cinematography
Saverio Guarna
Runtime
99 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian, Spanish

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