Fantozzi (1975)
- Directed by
- Luciano Salce
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 882 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a film about Ugo Fantozzi, a very unlucky accountant. He endures humiliation at work and dissatisfaction at home, and the story uses surreal humor to mock middle-class life in 1970s Italy.
bleakly comicfrustratingsatiricalabsurdmelancholiccringe-inducingdarkly humorous
What happens
Fantozzi is a 1975 Italian satirical film, based on 1971 novel of the same name in the saga of the unlucky Italian accountant employee Ugo Fantozzi, written and played by his creator Paolo Villaggio. The film is a parody of middle class workers of the 1970s, unhappy and frustrated at work and with family, and is known for its use of surreal humour and for several scenes which have entered popular culture. The success of this movie rendered it a cult film that topped IT box office on sales for eight months. In the decades since its release, the film's reputation has remained almost unmutated, launching Paolo Villaggio's career. Its success led to a franchise of nine sequels, from 1976 to 1999. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Qui comincia l'avventura (1975)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.