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Put Grandma in the Freezer

2018 · 104 min

A breezy, farcical romp that keeps you chuckling at the absurdity of its morbid premise without ever getting too heavy.

Overview
Simone, a clumsy financier, falls in love with Claudia, who’s living on her grandma’s retirement checks. When the old lady dies Claudia hides the body in a freezer, and sets up a fraud with the help of some friends to avoid bankruptcy.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • family
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Giuseppe G. Stasi, Giancarlo Fontana
Written by
Fabio Bonifacci
Starring
Fabio De Luigi, Miriam Leone, Barbara Bouchet, Lucia Ocone, Marina Rocco, Susy Laude, Francesco Di Leva, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri
Music
Francesco Cerasi
Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
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Languages
Italian

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