2018 · comedy · drama
The Armadillo's Prophecy
Directed by Emanuele Scaringi1h 39m2018
A 27-year-old suburban slacker entertains daily conversations bordering on paradoxical with his conscience, which manifests itself in the form of a human-sized armadillo. Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Zerocalcare.
Our read: The Armadillo's Prophecy (2018) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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