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Snack Bar Budapest (1988)

Snack Bar Budapest poster
Directed by
Tinto Brass
Genre
comedy film, neo-noir
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer gets involved with a faded snack bar in a seedy part of town. He clashes with the local criminals who want to take over the place.

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What happens

Snack Bar Budapest is a 1988 Italian neo-noir comedy film written and directed by Tinto Brass and starring Giancarlo Giannini. It is based on the novel with the same title by Marco Lodoli and Silvia Bre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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