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May. 11,2024      
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This documentary film is a portrait of a film critic as seen by a filmmaker. While contemporary cinema manipulates reality by hiding itself, this experiment manifests the opposite in an explicit and evident way. The film critic has been asked to travel to the city of Bergamo to participate in a 70-minute film experiment: savoring 2 kg of oysters and drinking 2 bottles of wine, while simultaneously answering 15 general knowledge questions and 15 solicitations of a private and personal nature. The outcome is a ruinous game in which the meaning of filming and the fragility of a human being merge into a melancholic testament.

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Lawbolisted
2024/05/11

Powerful

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Platicsco
2024/05/12

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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CommentsXp
2024/05/13

Best movie ever!

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Philippa
2024/05/14

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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