2018 · comedy
Il vegetale
Directed by Gennaro Nunziante1h 24m2018
Fabio struggles with a cumbersome father and a capricious and spoiled little sister who consider him a good for nothing, a “vegetable” in fact. The unfortunate recent graduate looks for a job reacts to the contempt of his family and demanding employers, when an unexpected event remixes roles…
Our read: Il vegetale (2018) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
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