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Crime at the Chinese Restaurant

1981 · 95 min

A breezy, silly Italian cop caper that coasts on broad comic mugging and a busy plot rather than real suspense.

Overview
The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In the end the case is worked out.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • crime
  • family
  • deception
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
crime, comedy
Directed by
Bruno Corbucci
Written by
Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci
Starring
Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Enzo Cannavale, Olimpia Di Nardo, Giacomo Furia, Alessio Mereo, Marcello Martana, Massimo Vanni
Music
Detto Mariano
Cinematography
Giovanni Ciarlo
Runtime
95 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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