2011 · comedy · disaster · sports
Bar Sport
Directed by Massimo Martelli1h 33m2011
Inside Bar Sport, a bar on the outskirts of Bologna managed by the histrionic Onassis, the adventures of regulars and casual patrons unfold. Searching for a pinball machine or a payphone, they encounter the omnipresent "technician," so called for his passion for soccer and always ready to chat or moderate other people's discussions. Thus, the ordeals of the handyman Bovinelli as he deals with the disasters at Muzzi's house, the diary of a provincial playboy's conquests, the sex life of the fiery prostitute Elvira, the search for a good restaurant during a dazed motorcycle trip with Cocosecco, or a trip to see Bologna play with the lawyer Della Lana become epic tales of tragicomic exploits.
Our read: Bar Sport (2011) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · disaster · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / disaster, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
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