Hardboiled Egg

Original title: Ovosodo

1997
1h 40m

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The story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.The story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.The story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.

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7.3/10

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Awards
- 8 wins & 14 nominations

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Trivia
Claudia Pandolfi was concerned about appearing naked in the sex scene with Edoardo Gabbriellini. Director Paolo Virzì reassured her, assuring her that she would never appear unclothed. But it was a trick: at the time of the shoot, he slipped off the towel covering her bottom, and framed her completely naked. Recalls Pandolfi: "I was straddling Edo, and Paolo had the towel removed. I felt betrayed, turned the scene around, but after the stop I started crying, and I yelled at him. He laughed. Do you understand who Virzi is? He left me mercilessly naked in front of the whole crew. Then I got over it. It was all in function of the film, I understood later, and I will thank him forever."

Goofs
Piero Mansani is 13 years old when he's filmed into an amusement arcade. It can be seen the pinball "Creature from the black lagoon" which was officially released in 1992, but the story is set in 1987 since Piero was born in 1974.

Connections
Referenced in Family Guy: Hard Boiled Meg (2022)

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9/10

If you get a chance see this film

I was lucky enough to catch this film at a local film festival and I'm very glad I did. It is both warm and funny and in many ways much more real than most "coming of age" films you see. It was one of the few films I've seen where I walked out of the theater with the intention of telling everyone I knew to go and see it.