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Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

1994 · 80 min

A wry, slow-burning satire of bureaucratic chaos that feels like watching a film crew trip over red tape in real time.

Directed by
Jon Jost
Genres
Drama
Starring
Victoria Arenillas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Daniele Formica
Overview
An American independent director comes to Italy to shoot a film. But inconveniences and obstacles stand in the way at every step. These are the years in which “Tangentopoli” rages and the golden rule of officials and collaborators is “one (bribe) to you, one to me, one to Raffaele”.

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Directed by
Jon Jost
Genres
Drama
Starring
Victoria Arenillas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Daniele Formica
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • politics
  • work
  • art
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jon Jost
Written by
Edoardo Albinati, Jon Jost
Starring
Victoria Arenillas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Daniele Formica, Lucio Gardin, Eliana Miglio, Nicola Pistoia, Lino Salemme
Music
Jon A. English
Runtime
80 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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