Four friends, former 1968 student protesters who have checked out of politics and struggle to come to terms with the present, try self-criticism to figure out what to do with themselves, only to end up doing what they do best: sinking into endless talk without ever reaching a conclusion.
Acting
Moretti's anxious physicality defines the character.
Writing
Conversations that circle nothing brilliantly.
Direction
Moretti's debut already shows his obsessive self-focus.
Director
Nanni Moretti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Moretti's Apicella character became his alter-ego across five films, making this the accidental origin of Italian indie cinema's most prolonged self-obsession.
Shot on weekends while Moretti worked as an extra—he allegedly kept falling asleep on set from exhaustion, which explains the film's dreamy lethargy.
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