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The Entrepreneur

Original title: L'industriale
  • 2011
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
452
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The Entrepreneur (2011)
Drama

Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.

  • Director
    • Giuliano Montaldo
  • Writers
    • Giuliano Montaldo
    • Vera Pescarolo
    • Andrea Purgatori
  • Stars
    • Pierfrancesco Favino
    • Carolina Crescentini
    • Eduard Gabia
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    452
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Giuliano Montaldo
    • Writers
      • Giuliano Montaldo
      • Vera Pescarolo
      • Andrea Purgatori
    • Stars
      • Pierfrancesco Favino
      • Carolina Crescentini
      • Eduard Gabia
    • 2User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 10 nominations

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    Pierfrancesco Favino
    Pierfrancesco Favino
    • Nicola Ranieri
    Carolina Crescentini
    Carolina Crescentini
    • Laura Ranieri
    Eduard Gabia
    • Gabriel
    Francesco Scianna
    Francesco Scianna
    • Ferrero
    Elena Di Cioccio
    • Marcella
    Elisabetta Piccolomini
    • Beatrice
    Andrea Tidona
    • Barbera
    Mauro Pirovano
    • Olivieri
    Giovanni Bissaca
    • Saverio
    • (as Gianni Bissaca)
    Roberto Alpi
    • Bancario
    Marco Sabatino
    • Bancario Giovane
    Mario Bois
    • Impiegato
    Steve Della Casa
    • Operaio
    Marco Ponti
    • Commesso hotel
    Stefano Saccotelli
    • Sindacalista
    • Director
      • Giuliano Montaldo
    • Writers
      • Giuliano Montaldo
      • Vera Pescarolo
      • Andrea Purgatori
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    Polished Italian A feature.
    It's been a long time since Montaldo's imposing SACCO & VANZETTI or indeed his flamboyant MACHINE GUN MC CAIN, and later work suggested that they represented a growth spurt in his skills, which wasn't going to be matched.

    The ENTREPRENEUR looks more like the dramas of Lattuarda or early Antonioni than those, a kind of solidly crafted, character dominated, top of the bill entertainment that kills time well without registering as particularly notable. For most of it's length, the new film does impress, with it's industry crisis suspense plot and a setting in foggy, paint peeling, druggie populated Turin that isn't all that far from the one in the films of Davide Ferrario, the city's most persistent movie diarist. The cast are excellent and we get striking, desaturated images, favouring warm tones for the body of the film, which gives the Romanian garage worker's red gift jacket the only colour in it's black and white frame, and a shift to a green tinge in the finale.

    For a a while there, it looks like the old master is on the come back trail.

    Pity a feeble ending, which fails to bring into focus the industrial unrest we glimpse round the edges, and an anti climax plot switch negate these.

    Interesting to find Morricone's son working with Montaldo, who had some of his dad's best work.
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2012 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Fabriksägaren
    • Filming locations
      • Turin, Piedmont, Italy
    • Production companies
      • BiBi Film
      • Rai Cinema
      • Film Commission Torino-Piemonte
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $365,872
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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