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Toto and the Kings of Rome

1952 · 99 min

A wry, bittersweet bureaucratic farce that drifts from office absurdity into a gentle, dreamlike afterlife, carried by a hangdog comic charm.

Overview: An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, work, class, power
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
work
class
power
family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild