Gli amici del bar Margherita (2009)
Directed by Pupi Avati
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Ensemble Film, Family Drama |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
This deeply nostalgic, operatic family drama represented a labor of love for its director, Pupi Avati (The Story of Boys and Girls). A thinly-disguised autobiographical account, it dramatizes the director's formative years growing up in early 1950s Italy. As events both significant and insignificant transpire with his family, teenager Bep (Neri Marcore, Avati's onscreen surrogate) spends many memorable hours spying on the customers of a local bar from his bedroom window.