Four losers bet their freedom on weed. The Italian government never saw them coming.
In a not so fictional Italy trying to solve the N.Ε.Ε.Τ. problem, the government decides to reintroduce compulsory conscription for one million young people under 30 who are not studying, working or looking for work, who will have only one month to find real employment and thus avoid the entire year of conscription. Facing this doom four guys try to cheat the system by growing hemp and meanwhile really discovering themselves.
Production
Puglia's sun-baked landscapes weaponized as rebellion backdrop
Writing
Satire sharp enough to cut through actual Italian bureaucracy
Acting
Caterina Murino brings unexpected gravitas to stoner chaos
Director
Andrea Biglione
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italy's real NEET rate hovers around 25% for young adults; this film weaponizes a genuine crisis that politicians actually discuss conscription for.
The title's double meaning — NEET as 'Not in Education, Employment, or Training' and phonetically 'neat' — captures the film's bitter irony about 'clean' solutions to messy systemic failures.
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