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Fairytale

2018 · 87 min

A stylized, satirical peek behind the perfect facade of 1950s housewives, slowly turning unsettling.

Directed by
Sebastiano Mauri
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Filippo Timi, Lucia Mascino, Luca Santagostino
Overview
Two housewives in America in the 1950s, Mrs Fairytale and her best friend Mrs Emerald, meet every day to share their quiet and bourgeois lives, but the façade of perfection slowly crumbles to reveal terrible secrets.

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Directed by
Sebastiano Mauri
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Filippo Timi, Lucia Mascino, Luca Santagostino
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • love
  • sexuality
  • isolation
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour5
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Sebastiano Mauri
Written by
Sebastiano Mauri, Filippo Timi
Starring
Filippo Timi, Lucia Mascino, Luca Santagostino, Sergio Albelli, Piera Degli Esposti
Runtime
87 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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