Your dad's ghost shows up younger than you — and somehow you're the disappointed one.
Leonardo, an obituary author, lives an isolated and disillusioned life, which is completely turned upside down when he befriends an eccentric group of ghosts. Among them there is also the spirit of Leonardo's father, in a youthful and enthusiastic version that his son does not remember ever experiencing.
Acting
Fornari balances deadpan misery with genuine warmth.
Writing
Obituary-as-artform metaphor actually lands.
Director
Alessandro D'Ambrosi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italian cinema's recent wave of supernatural comedies (like 'Fontane') uses ghosts to process generational trauma without the Catholic guilt.
Director Santa De Santis reportedly cast actual amateur actors as background ghosts after open casting calls in Rome cemeteries.
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