The Family Friend

★★★★★

Original title: L'amico di famiglia

2006 · 1 h 42 min

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · Italy · Contemporary European Art Cinema

Drama

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Cast

Giacomo Rizzo Fabrizio Bentivoglio Laura Chiatti

Credits

Written by: Paolo Sorrentino

Plot

A malicious moneylender.

Sinekatalog’s take

Paolo Sorrentino's grotesque drama follows a vile elderly moneylender and a prickly world around him. Wicked, darkly comic and visually odd, it shows Sorrentino's eye for the grotesque and the lonely.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (4,838 votes)
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