The Place (2017)
- Directed by
- Paolo Genovese
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 1,253 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mysterious man sits in a diner and trades favors with strangers to grant their deepest wishes. Each person must complete a task that slowly reveals their moral limits.
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What happens
The Place is a 2017 Italian neo-noir drama film directed by Paolo Genovese, who also co-authored the script. The film is a cinematographic adaptation of the 2010 American television series The Booth at the End created by Christopher Kubasik. The movie stars Marco Giallini, Alessandro Borghi, Sabrina Ferilli, Giulia Lazzarini, Vinicio Marchioni, Valerio Mastandrea, Silvio Muccino, Rocco Papaleo, Vittoria Puccini, and Alba Rohrwacher. The plot centers on a seemingly random group of nine people who want to fulfill their greatest wishes, so they enter into a Faustian pact with a mysterious man who is able to give them what they want in exchange for fulfilling his own requests. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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