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Fun Is Beautiful

1980 · 97 min

A gentle, episodic comedy of awkward summer encounters in a sleepy Rome, warm and lightly absurd.

Directed by: Carlo Verdone
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega

Overview: Three characters' misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama's boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into his father's schemes to bring him back into polite society.

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Directed by: Carlo Verdone
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: identity
family
love
class
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Carlo Verdone
Written by: Piero De Bernardi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Carlo Verdone
Starring: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa, Fausto Di Bella, Isabella De Bernardi, Sandro Ghiani, Maria Mizar
Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian, Spanish

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