Guido and Antonia are a young couple with opposed characters and backgrounds. He works a night job as a doorman, while she works all day in a car rental service. This is the story of what happens when they decide to have a child.
Acting
Luca Marinelli and Thony's lived-in chemistry feels stolen from real life.
Writing
Paolo Virzì's dialogue captures how Italians actually argue — musical and brutal.
Production
Rome itself: beautiful, indifferent, impossible to afford.
Director
Paolo Virzì
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Italy's 2011-2012 economic crisis, the film captures a generation delaying adulthood indefinitely. Virzì called it 'a comedy about people who can't afford to be in a comedy.'
Luca Marinelli and Thony were relative unknowns; this launched Marinelli's ascent to international recognition, including his eventual Emmy for 'The Old Guard.' Their casting was deliberately non-starry.
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