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The bittersweet comedy Magic Nights is set in the last glory days of Italian cinema, in which old masters such as Fellini and Scola still populate the film sets in chaotic Rome. With the film, director Paolo Virzì pays a nostalgic ode to the magical world of Italian cinema classics, but at the same time a satirical commentary on the corruption and excesses behind the scenes.
WK 1990
Rome, 1990. On the same summer evening that Argentina eliminates homeland Italy in the semifinals of the World Cup, the body of film producer Leandro Saponaro is fished out of the Tiber.
The main suspects are Antonino, Luciano and Eugenia: three young screenwriters who are in Rome for a prestigious award ceremony. They tell the local police about their escalating adventure full of bacchanals, extravagant showgirls, cunning producers and greedy actors.
The bittersweet comedy Magic Nights by renowned director Paolo Virzì (human capital, The Leisure Seeker, La Pazza Gioia), is set in the last glory days of Italian cinema, when old masters such as Fellini and Scola still populate the film sets in chaotic Rome. A nostalgic ode to the magical world of Italian classics, but at the same time a satirical commentary on the corruption and excesses behind the scenes. With great attention to details from the early 90s.
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