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Ciurè

2022 · 102 min

A raw, tender plunge into desperation and unlikely kinship, where grimy streets meet glittering nightlife and prejudice slowly gives way to self-reinvention.

Directed by: Gianpiero Pumo
Genres: Drama
Starring: Gianpiero Pumo, Vivian Bellina, Marilù Pipitone

Overview: Life in suburban Palermo can be tough: Salvo is a young father who struggles between makeshift jobs and criminal-grotesque affairs to support his son. When the spiral of violence turns against him, he runs into Ciurè, a transgender dancer who helps him, opening doors to a kaleidoscopic gay night club where she performs every night. Will Salvo be able to overcome his prejudices against the "wanderers of the night" and put on new clothes, to the point of reinventing himself in a new body

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Directed by: Gianpiero Pumo
Genres: Drama
Starring: Gianpiero Pumo, Vivian Bellina, Marilù Pipitone

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
politics
family
survival
Places: big city
suburbs
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Gianpiero Pumo
Starring: Gianpiero Pumo, Vivian Bellina, Marilù Pipitone, Elena Pistillo, Rosario Maggiore, Tony Matranga, Antonello Russo, William Angiuli
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: Italian

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