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Everybody's Fine

1990 · 121 min

A gentle, bittersweet journey through family illusions, filled with quiet disappointment and tender irony.

Tagline
A story of family love... and family secrets.
Overview
Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • deception
  • aging
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore
Written by
Giuseppe Tornatore, Tonino Guerra, Massimo De Rita
Starring
Marcello Mastroianni, Valéria Cavalli, Michèle Morgan, Marino Cenna, Norma Martelli, Domenico Gennaro, Salvatore Cascio, Roberto Nobile
Music
Ennio Morricone
Cinematography
Blasco Giurato
Runtime
121 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
Italian

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