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The King of Laughter
Dir.: Mario Martone | 132 minutes

The King of Laughter

Italy, Spain 2021 | 132 minutes | Italian | Hebrew, English subtitles

Neapolitan comic theater legend Eduardo Scarpetta stages a parody of La figlia di Iorio, a tragedy written by the greatest Italian poet of the day, Gabriele D’Annunzio, and gets into a legal dispute that causes him to re-examine his life. Toni Servillo is one the greatest European actor of our generation, and the script allows him to move on a wide spectrum of emotions - from fierce comedy to introspection by a great artist searching for a moral compass - and this performance garnered the Actor Award at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.