2012 · drama · comedy
Superstar
Directed by Xavier Giannoli1h 52m2012
An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Our read: Superstar (2012) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- gentle
- cold
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