Snack Bar Budapest
4.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Tinto Brass Duration Screenplay Tinto Brass Country Italy | 4.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama Running time 1h 44m Language Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 22 September 1988 Writer Tinto Brass, Silvia Bre (novel), Marco Lodoli (novel) Initial release September 22, 1988 (Italy) Cast (Avvocato), (Sapo), François Négret (Molecola), (Milena)Similar movies All Ladies Do It , The Voyeur , The Lover , Zandalee , P.O. Box Tinto Brass , Student Services Tagline Snack Bar Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snack Bar Budapest is a 1988 Italian neo-noir comedy film written and directed by Tinto Brass and starring Giancarlo Giannini. It is based on the novel with the same title by Marco Lodoli and Silvia Bre.
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Plot
A disbarred lawyer (Giancarlo Giannini) is working as a debt collector for his partner Sapo (Philippe Léotard). Escorting prostitute Milena (Raffaella Baracchi) impregnated by Sapo to an unnamed sea resort of grotesque atmosphere (filmed in Lido di Ostia), he encounters the ambitious young ringleader Molecola (François Negret) who has bought several old recreational sites in the environs to turn the town into an "Italian Las Vegas" but the hotel-bar named Snack Bar Budapest run by a man (Carlo Monni) and his family remains an obstacle. Molecola needs a lawyer to legitimise forceful evacuation of Snack Bar Budapest and the lawyer agrees. However, a murder he commits brings him at odds with Molecola.
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Reception
Snack Bar Budapest received negative reviews with an audience score of 8% on Rotten Tomato.
References
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