Antonio's first day as a thief is marked by tears. During an incursion at the mall, his mother is arrested. Some 20 years later, Antonio along with his two inseparable friends, after some minor robberies, take on a post office. Things don't go as planned.
Direction
Mainetti packs a feature's worth of character work into 16 minutes.
Acting
Mastandrea's face crumples like a used lottery ticket.
Editing
The final freeze frame hits like a gut punch.
Director
Gabriele Mainetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mainetti later directed 'They Call Me Jeeg,' which won multiple David di Donatello awards — this was his calling card.
The title 'Basette' (literally 'sideburns') refers to the 1970s Roman underworld aesthetic the friends desperately cosplay.
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