Reality

Reality

2012 · 117 min · IT · 7.1 (355 votes)
Dir. Matteo Garrone · Starring Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Graziella Marina, Nello Iorio, Nunzia Schiano · Music Alexandre Desplat
DramaComedy

A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if he were on it.

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A charmingly off-kilter dive into the absurdity of fame and the yearning for connection. It's a gentle, funny, and surprisingly poignant look at a man who blurs the lines between his mundane life and the manufactured drama of television.

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