A 27-minute descent into delusion where obsession wears a cheap suit and calls itself showbiz.
During a lunch break, an aspiring actor meets by a self declared "showman" who seems to be obsessed for Loredana Floris, a famous TV diva. The young man tries to be sympathetic, will they meet for real or it was all just an act?
Acting
Ottaviano's Gerri is unbearably real—every wannabe you've met.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes awkward silence.
Direction
Imola stretches 27 minutes into pure existential dread.
Director
Federico Imola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title riffs on 'Sciuscià'—De Sica's neorealism meets Berlusconi-era TV decay. Imola's generation grew up watching Italian television eat itself.
The phone booth is the real protagonist: a dying technology for dying dreams. Vincent enters wanting to be seen and exits having witnessed something he can't unsee.
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