At the center of the exchange of a compromising microchip between opposing factions of secret agents, an unwanted thief and an impassioned chauffeur put in without wanting it. Between vicissitudes, deceptions and various pursuits, they will end up sharing their solitude and ... a great sum of money. Marengo debuts in the long run with a caricaturist metropolitan noir film that mimics the film with the sweetness of Mazzacurati master: the mirage of a different life for two lonely souls fleeing the past failures and the indigence of the present. The spy-story that is the background to the story is obviously a thin pretext that triggers around the subject of a postage stamp controversy, the tragicomic events of a stunning gallery of comic book characters that may arise as between professional failures and personal dissatisfaction, Up to the epilogue of an unlikely story of misunderstood feelings and disputed booties. If the parody of a mix of import registers that would like to contaminate action and reflection is poorly suited to the low quality of our screenwriters, the film shapes more on the side of a frayed and predictable action and the inconsistency of two- dimensional characters that reproduce so many stereotypes Of the overseas cinema: from the secret agent of a lonely Ennio Fantastichini to the bully with the golden heart of a corny Mario Rivera, from the dark lady of a two-bit Giovanna Mezzogiorno to the loser by the sad charm of a lazy Valerio Mastandrea. To make matters worse, the ridiculous overacting of an irritating Francesco Pannofino whirring and agitating throughout the film in the unusual attempt to play the card of a comedy over the lines to counter the unhappy sadness of sophisticated blues atmospheres. In the final, even the arithmetic game of a double cross between destiny fathers and prodigal sons with Cleopatra's complex in the unsatisfied reunion of an appointment for life ... or for death. All wasted effort, including the beautiful soundtrack of a talented Daniele Silvestri and two bus of the ATAC that were destroyed during the scene of the night-time pursuit between urban wreckage. Two nominations to David, two Silver Ribbons and one Golden Globe for an Italian-Polish production that spends three and picks one; Even here unfortunately the accounts end up not coming back at all.
"Hey, you hear the buses at night with certain broken mechanisms do Too much noise ... nobody is looking for anyone waiting for them Even the driver tell me ... what he does"
"Hey, you hear the buses at night with certain broken mechanisms do Too much noise ... nobody is looking for anyone waiting for them Even the driver tell me ... what he does"