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  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage and residents of all ages played a part – the role of themselves. Monticchiello’s annual tradition has attracted worldwide attention and kept...

Directed By: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen

  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m

Spettacolo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage and residents of all ages played a part – the role of themselves. Monticchiello’s annual tradition has attracted worldwide attention and kept...

Directed By: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen

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90
Sep 6, 2017
The elegiac Spettacolo is in some ways a familiar story, revolving around the universal tug of war between time and tradition.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 28, 2017
Theater lovers and Italophiles alike should savor the documentary Spettacolo.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 6, 2017
Is this art or is this prophecy? Is there even a difference?
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 5, 2017
Although Spettacolo is thoughtful and charming throughout, it’s mildly disappointing that the film doesn’t further engage with the self-reflexivity of the annual event itself.
By Vikram Murthi FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 2, 2017
Though some of Spettacolo's tension is superficial, the stuff of any let’s-put-on-a-show narrative, its latent anxieties are myriad and profoundly resonant.
By Christopher Gray FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 6, 2017
Though at its core the film is about a dying way of life, the location and photography here are so beguiling that they semi-perversely encourage just the kind of foreign tourism that factors into that slow death.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 11, 2017
If Spettacolo has a significant flaw, it is in the somewhat pedestrian and placid manner in which it is constructed. There is the feeling that the directors see the play as a vehicle in order to explore the town as a whole, which does allow for some lovely moments of contemplation but makes the film less focused and motivated as a whole.
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Production Company Open Face
Release Date Sep 6, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline Once Upon a Time, A Tiny Town in Tuscany Turned Its Life Into a Play
Website http://www.spettacolofilm.com/
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Awards

Biografilm Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Dallas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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