Unfair Competition (2001)

Original title

Concorrenza sleale

Directed by

Ettore Scola

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

T

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 94 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Rome, two neighboring shopkeepers compete for customers as fascist racial laws tighten. The rivalry strains their families and tests their humanity.

melancholicslow-burnperiodreflectivequietly tensecharacter-drivenbittersweetsocially observant

What happens

Unfair Competition (Italian: Concorrenza sleale) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It was filmed in Cinecittà and some of its sets were used by Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, as Ettore Scola said in Néstor Birri's book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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