All Broke

Seen it yesterday. I liked the idea of a busy bar as if it were an office. This is a bit like what happens in reality. For example, the fortune teller, one of the many extravagant characters in the film, would not have been able to do her business by paying the rent of a place. Same thing for the film producer (played by the director) who is desperately trying to produce his first film and who uses the bar to form an unlikely artistic cast. In addition to the vicissitudes of the two bar managers, there is also the parallel story of a ghost who claims to have lived with the film producer in ancient Rome. Fantasy? It depends on your point of view: the discussion on reincarnation is always fascinating. It might seem like a chaotic film but in the end it all adds up. Then the final twist left me stunned.

I watched this film on Prime Video, the beginning is a bit slow, but when the story gets to the heart it intrigues you and entertains you. I'm especially referring to when the unexpected guest appears in the bar and then a ghost from ancient Rome at a film producer's house. They seem like two different and surprising stories, but then in the end they come together in a beautiful ending, in my opinion, brilliant. It is not a comedy film in the strict sense of the word, there is a lot of irony, and in this irony we capture the miseries of life, a melancholy aspect that makes us reflect. It's a provincial story, it takes place in Trieste, Italy. A very particular city, just as particular is the film.

A beautiful Italian comedy but with the rhythms of an American sitcom. The main location of the film is a bar where strange characters alternate. In particular I liked The theme of esotericism when one of the protagonists (Rudy) appears the reincarnation of a girl who lived 2000 years ago in ancient Rome. Rudy with the help of a fortune teller will find out who that girl really was. The answer will be shocking but plausible. The following scenes are very funny but also plausible. The title perfectly reflects the situation of the many characters: they are all broke in search of the possibility of life.

If one thinks of the budget spent to make this good comedy, one can understand how good Marcello Crea has been at creating a plot suspended between the lyrical and the surreal, driving and mixing the multiple voices of the actors in a palpable and smart way. The result is a bittersweet comedy, from which emerges a cross-section of our times, all played out between fiction and reality, aspirations and concreteness. Marcello Crea has the ability to wrap his movie in a romanticism that manages to wring a smile from our lips, on the base of a deep love for cinema and life. A plot to be enjoyed to the full, with the awareness that the distance between reality and dream is less obvious that one might assume.

I absolutely loved this comedy. I think Marcello Crea has done once again a wonderful job. In fact "'All Broke" seem to retrace the same successful path as the previous film "When Everything Is Possible".

A funny, entertaining, brilliant comedy which will make you laugh from the beginning till the end. I found the actors extraordinary too.

I particularly loved the personal assistant of Carmelo, played by the talented actress Viviana Scapini.

Subtitled in 6 different languages, the movie depicts a story set in the beautiful province of Trieste. In an ironic key, a cross-section of today's society split in selfies, broken dreams, power games and money (which is lacking).

The characters in the story come from different places and cultures, a faithful mirror of today's Italy.

You must definitely watch it!