1984 · comedy · drama
Bianca
Directed by Nanni Moretti1h 36m1984
Michele, a young mathematics professor, moves into a new flat. Lonely, depressed and neurotic, he spends his time obsessively monitoring the couples around him, especially his neighbors, a young pair struggling to make their relationship work. When Bianca, a new teacher at the local high school, enters his life, Michele finds himself falling in love. At the same time, a string of murders rocks the neighborhood, casting suspicion on him.
Our read: Bianca (1984) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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