

The Slow Game
2009-03-27 · 11 min · ★ 6.0
In an atmosphere between fiction and reality, a rugby game in the suburbs becomes the allegory of the daily struggle of an Italian family against the trials and tribulations of life.
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- Directors
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Production companies
- perFiducia, Parco Film, Indigo Film
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
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