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Il Posto (1961)
An Italian kitchen-sink comedy drama about a young man who needs a job, and then not much happens. But it's brilliant, it really is. Sort of a slightly more romantic Bleak Moments.
It doesn't look like a typical comedy and that's why those funny moments happen unexpectedly.
Casting-wise Il Posto is a match made in heaven. Sandro Panseri plays main character Domenico, his debut role out of three film roles currently listed on IMDB, and I got the impression that he was discovered and then someone decided to build a film around his appearance.
Domenico is shy and looks criminally adorable, his big melancholic eyes speak louder than his voice.
There's an interesting segment that shows the background of a bunch of supporting characters. One of these characters dies off-screen and all we get is a few shots of his cleaned out workplace and flat, as if he had never existed at all.
This was quite a transfixing experience and I couldn't think of any reason why this film should end. But it does end, not in a satisfying way but in a way that's good for the film.
An Italian kitchen-sink comedy drama about a young man who needs a job, and then not much happens. But it's brilliant, it really is. Sort of a slightly more romantic Bleak Moments.
It doesn't look like a typical comedy and that's why those funny moments happen unexpectedly.
Casting-wise Il Posto is a match made in heaven. Sandro Panseri plays main character Domenico, his debut role out of three film roles currently listed on IMDB, and I got the impression that he was discovered and then someone decided to build a film around his appearance.
Domenico is shy and looks criminally adorable, his big melancholic eyes speak louder than his voice.
There's an interesting segment that shows the background of a bunch of supporting characters. One of these characters dies off-screen and all we get is a few shots of his cleaned out workplace and flat, as if he had never existed at all.
This was quite a transfixing experience and I couldn't think of any reason why this film should end. But it does end, not in a satisfying way but in a way that's good for the film.