In a working-class neighborhood in Rome, a barber bothers his customers and neighbors with conspiracy theories he reads online. At home and in his small community nobody takes him seriously, especially when he convinces himself that streetlights send secret signals via Morse code. Yet, when the police arrive at his door and arrest him in front of his family, his credibility takes an unexpected twist.
Acting
Rongione's manic yet vulnerable barber steals every scene.
Writing
Sharp script that mocks conspiracy culture without mocking the man.
Director
Valerio Ferrara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferrara's Rome deliberately echoes the real 2018 arrest of a conspiracy theorist in Turin, blending social commentary with absurdist Italian comedy tradition.
The barbershop setting mirrors Plato's cave—the customers trapped in chairs, forced to listen, screens glowing like shadows on walls.
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