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Bassifondi

2023 · 94 min Drama
7.8 / 10 · TMDB

Romeo and Callisto, two starkly different souls, are bound by an identical, defiant hostility toward society. They scrape out an existence along the banks of the Tiber, their daily lives a series of hustles and confrontations with the world that passes them by. Survival is a gritty, improvisational art. This fragile equilibrium shatters when Romeo falls gravely ill. Callisto, perpetually armed against the outside, makes a startling choice: she lays down her weapons. In the face of vulnerability, her hardened exterior cracks, revealing a deep-seated affection as she becomes her friend's sole caretaker, letting a long-buried tenderness guide her actions.

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Year 2023
Country Italy
Genre Drama
Director Trash Secco
Runtime 94 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.8/10 (9 votes)

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The film meticulously charts the fragile line between mere survival and authentic humanity, suggesting that care itself can be a radical act. It resists easy sentiment, finding redemption in small, stubborn acts of resistance against oblivion.

What lingers after the credits is a raw, tactile portrait of two fractured lives becoming each other's sole foundation. It's a quietly devastating reminder that tenderness can be excavated from the hardest places. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Trash Secco

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Dusty riverbanks, the heavy air of a Roman summer, a pervasive sense of precariousness.

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