Tutta la conoscenza del mondo (2001)

Director:

Eros Puglielli

Writers:

Gabriella Blasi, Eros Puglielli

Stars:

Marco Bonini, Giorgio Albertazzi, Benito Artesi

Cast

Credited cast:
Marco Bonini	...	Marco
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giorgio Albertazzi	...	Il professore Perotti
Benito Artesi	...	Un collega del professore
Emanuele Astengo	...	Un facchino / Un uomo di luce
Maria Barbalato	...	La cartomante
Anna Bastoni	...	VJ TV Music
Emanuela Biagiotti	...	Vestale # 2
Gabriella Blasi	...	Vestale #1
Cristiano Callegaro
Massimo De Lorenzo	...	Adepto levitatore braccia
Carlo Luca De Ruggieri	...	Antonio - il laureato (as Carlo De Ruggeri)
Viviana Di Bert	...	Donna oggetto
Erika Di Cesare	...	Una bambina
Gianluca Fabbri	...	Un guardia del corpo
Marco Febbo	...	Bonny - il bassista

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

box office flop | surreal

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

31 August 2001 (Italy)

Also Known As:

All the Knowledge in the World

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nuvola Film, Rai Cinemafiction

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Robot Robot"
Performed by Marco Bonini

User Reviews

Tutta la conoscenza del mondo skewers the New Age zeitgeist.

Tutta la conoscenza del mondo is a charming, goofy send-up of New Age icons and obsessions. Although set in Italy, this film transcends its cultural source and neatly skewers the New Age zeitgeist at its quasi-philosophical, global core. The writing and performances are deft, the central characters developed and engaging. We laugh, but at the same time experience a twinge of empathy: who has never been seduced (intellectually or sexually) by the promise of connection with the Other? Surreal special effects and carefully choreographed camera work keep this fast-paced comedy bouncing along as we become increasingly caught up in the protagonists' frenzied quests for enlightenment; through the philoso-babble of the university professor who simultaneously seduces and stupefies his pretty female students; into the world of the hapless rock band, created and utterly controlled by marketing strategists; past the New Age (yet somehow Pythonesque) guru who performs a miraculous `levitation of the arms' to the film's rather touching conclusion. Ultimately, Tutta la conoscenza del mondo leaves us with the satisfied sensation of having seen a `feel good' film which is at the same time pointed social satire. (Warning: followers of New Age ideology will not get this one at all.)