Santa Maradona

2001
1h 36m

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An unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.An unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.An unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.

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6.9/10

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- 8 wins & 9 nominations

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Trivia
The video game Bart is playing is Commandos, behind enemy lines.

Quotes
Lucia: Non mi ricordo mai se tu fumi, Bartolomeo.
Bart: Ma perché...? Bart. Per favore, per cortesia, te lo ripeto ogni volta, Bart.
Lucia: Comunque?
Bart: Nah, non fumo.
Lucia: Perché?
Bart: Ci dev'essere un perché?
Lucia: C'è un perché si fuma e c'è un perché non si fuma.
Bart: Vuoi sapere il perché? Ti dico il perché. Io non fumo perché al cinema non si può fumare e non potrei mai vedere un film senza fumare, se fumassi. Quindi non fumo. Bart. Hm?
Lucia: Grazie.
Bart: No, grazie a te. Sai qual'è la verità? È che è tutta la vita che aspetto di dire questa cosa e non me l'aveva mai chiesta nessuno. E guarda che è brutto avere una risposta bella pronta e nessuno mai ti fa la domanda giusta.
Lucia: Capisco.
Bart: Possiamo fare l'amore, adesso?
Lucia: Temo sia prematuro.
Bart: Ah, già.

Crazy credits
The movie is dedicated, among the others, to Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.

Connections
Features Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Soundtracks
Santa Maradona
Written by Manu Chao and Mano Negra
Performed by Mano Negra

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7/10

Somewhat bleak but very realistic

I just came across this movie by accident. Switched through the channels and got sucked in by "Santa Maradona". The thing that grabbed my intention first was the story of the two main characters: aimless, jobless, clueless. Sounds familiar. Stefano Accorsi and Libero De Rienzo are wonderful in the leading roles. The conversations are totally true to life and kind of intriguing, if pointless. Imagine the characters of "Before Sunrise" minus all the romantic feelings and dreams and you get an idea of the dialog in this movie. The story is rather anti-climatic until the movie suddenly ends and that is a bit of a flaw. On the other hand, it's just further proof that this movie was intended to be as realistic as possible. Life is like that for people like Andrea and Bart. No big happy ending, no dramatic development, just a long monotonous chain of meaningless events. Yep, if you're looking for something gaudier watch "Reality Bites", but don't think that that movie has anything to do with reality.