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The King of Laughter

Qui rido io

2021

Mario Martone

Toni Servillo, Maria Nazionale, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Antonia Truppo ...

6.2

68

Drama. Comedy Beloved Neapolitan actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta, father of Eduardo De Filippo, devoted his entire life to the theater, achieving success with timeless works such as “Miseria e nobiltà.” However, everything he worked for seems lost in 1904, when he’s drawn into a nasty legal battle that could compromise his freedom of expression.

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Everyone involved seems to be having the very best of times, tumbling onto screen with the breathless energy of a community theater crew given a very generous spotlight (...) Extravagantly, even absurdly Italian"
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s a dazzling and technically brilliant feat. But running more than two hours long, it will leave viewers satiated but slightly fatigued and perhaps even a little confused"
		Anna Smith Deadline	"An affectionate, theatrical portrait set in the early 20th century, it culminates in an historic court case, but the build-up is leisurely to a fault"
		Camillo de Marco Cineuropa	"It won’t disappoint those expecting a paradigmatic story about art, power, betrayal and passion, not least for the high-quality actors in its cast, the musicality of the Neapolitan dialect (...) and the beautiful songs of the era."

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