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Tight 19-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

"Andrea is a quirky, lonely, misfit and romantic individual who lives his life as if it were a black-and-white film, perpetually “out-of-sync” with the world around him... In the sultry, scorching August heat, he ventures by bicycle into a semi-deserted Rome, populated by a few surviving students, many elderly people and foreigners who cannot afford to vacation. Andrea intends to reach a supermarket where he can buy cans of tuna fish with which to continue accumulating points that will win him the mysterious “Happiness Coupon.” But if, among magical encounters, vicissitudes and bizarre happenings, reaching happiness is always a dream, pursuing it may turn out to be a nightmare... Besides, are we sure that, as they say, happiness makes one happy?"
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Milena Vukotić
Pier Luigi Bersani
Andrea Satta

Paolo Lombardi
Alessandro Bonifazi

Maria Grazia Calandrone
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Agostino Ferrente directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.
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Pirata Manifatture Cinematografiche
Associazione Culturale Têtes de Bois
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