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Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem

2019 · 100 min

A breezy, good-natured holiday romp with silly fish-out-of-water gags and a surprisingly sincere streak about belief.

Directed by
Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Starring
Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio
Overview
A thief and a priest end up magically transported in the year 0's Palestine, where they'll have to make sure that the Nativity will follow its course.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Starring
Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • faith
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • identity
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
timeless
Audience
family
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
Horror0
Humour7
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy
Directed by
Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra
Written by
Fabrizio Testini, Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra, Nicola Guaglianone
Starring
Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio, Roberta Mattei, Massimo Cagnina, Giovanni Calcagno, Giacomo Mattia, Azelarab El Kaughat
Music
Carlo Crivelli
Cinematography
Daniele Ciprì
Runtime
100 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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