A daily suicide ritual becomes weirdly wholesome when a ten-year-old becomes your life coach.
Ettore attempts to end his life every day by driving his three-wheeler into a steep ditch, but lacks the courage each time. His ten-year old nephew, Luca, catches on and helps him find a reason to go on.
Acting
Bertorelli's exhausted dignity against Pellegrino's chaotic optimism.
Direction
Gianfreda finds visual comedy in repeated failure.
Editing
Rhythmic cuts turn suicide attempts into slapstick.
Director
Marco Gianfreda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 'short film renaissance'—festival darlings that reject neorealism's heaviness for gallows humor.
The three-wheeler itself became a minor Italian film icon, referenced in later Gianfreda works as a recurring motif of stubborn survival.
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