Intrepido: A Lonely Hero

Name: Intrepido: A Lonely Hero
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 8, 2015
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 46

2015

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Emerging Pictures | Release Date: May 8, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Set in modern day Milan, this is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour, seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job in order to be useful and have self respect. This really is a portrait of the highs and lows of modernSet in modern day Milan, this is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour, seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job in order to be useful and have self respect. This really is a portrait of the highs and lows of modern life. At its heart is a sympathetic man (superbly embodied by leading actor Antonio Albanese) who, despite loneliness and personal family problems, especially around his gifted but troubled musician son, remains defiantly optimistic even when terrible things happen to him and the people he meets. [Emerging Pictures]… Expand

Director: Gianni Amelio

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Michael Atkinson

May 5, 2015

Amelio might just be trifling around, and sometimes that's how the film feels — rudderless and unsure of its own purpose. If fuzzy thematic thrust doesn't bug you, however, the essence of Albanese as a shrugging everyman for post-debt-crisis Europe may be its own reward. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

May 4, 2015

Gianni Amelio bogs down into a family drama that's neither supplementary to the film's initial quest or a fulfilling substitute. Read full review

Scott Tobias

May 6, 2015

Amelio’s latest, Intrepido: A Lonely Hero, reveals the same strengths and weaknesses as his work two decades ago—an appealing sincerity and social awareness, dogged by a mile-wide sentimental streak. In this case, when Intrepido tilts from whimsical comedy to metaphysical drama, it falls right off the cliff. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 21, 2015

Director Amelio turns Antonio's brief stint at a "real" job into a piercing and visually striking glimpse of hypocrisy and corruption — a glimpse too of the film that might have been. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Nov 12, 2015

What comes across as genuine in the film, and might also help explain its origins, is its air of melancholy and loneliness. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 7, 2015

Digressions involving suicide, child abuse, immigration and unions muddy the film’s meaning rather than illuminate it. Read full review

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