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Ovosodo

1997 · 100 min

A bittersweet, wryly funny coming-of-age ramble through working-class life that ambles along with warmth and a sting of hard luck.

Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Claudia Pandolfi, Nicoletta Braschi

Tagline: Life... what a sweet, cruel, silly thing.
Overview: From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

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Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Claudia Pandolfi, Nicoletta Braschi

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
class
family
identity
friendship
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
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Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Written by: Furio Scarpelli, Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni
Starring: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Claudia Pandolfi, Nicoletta Braschi, Regina Orioli, Malcolm Lunghi, Alessio Fantozzi, Marco Cocci, Pietro Fornaciari
Music: Battista Lena, Carlo Virzì
Cinematography: Italo Petriccione
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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