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The Second Tragic Fantozzi

1976 · 110 min

A string of escalating humiliations played for laughs, watching an unlucky man endure absurd workplace cruelty and social disaster with deadpan resilience.

Overview
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • class
  • power
  • work
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour9
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Luciano Salce
Written by
Paolo Villaggio, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Starring
Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Gigi Reder, Ugo Bologna, Mauro Vestri, Plinio Fernando, Antonino Faà di Bruno, Nietta Zocchi
Music
Vince Tempera, Fabio Frizzi
Cinematography
Erico Menczer
Runtime
110 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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