Written, directed, and edited by Svevo Moltrasio, Smart Working, set mostly in interior, is set in contemporary Turin, modern and elegant Turin. The director notes that "the film is a parable about contemporary society" that pits an intellectual elite against a working-class population that it is unable to relate to. “These two realities are reflected in the film, stylistically too: the first part is dominated by a sophisticated, almost Woody Allen-like comedy, set in an elegant Turin. With the gradual arrival of Giuliano's colleagues, the setting narrows to the house and the tone shifts toward the grotesque, taking heavier overtones and a more visceral sense of comedy, in a sort of 'full-throated' invasion by Italian-style comedy."
Starring Maccio Capatonda, Sara Lazzaro, and Alessandro Tiberi, the film is the story of Giuliano, convinced that smart working has finally improved his life: he has more free time, less stress, a happy family, and the chance to build a better future with his wife Laura, an aspiring writer expecting their second child. The situation comes to a head when his company threatens to eliminate smart working, and Giuliano personally intervenes to help his colleagues work better at home ... his home.
Written, directed, and edited by Svevo Moltrasio, Smart Working, set mostly in interior, is set in contemporary Turin, modern and elegant Turin. The director notes that "the film is a parable about contemporary society" that pits an intellectual elite against a working-class population that it is unable to relate to. “These two realities are reflected in the film, stylistically too: the first part is dominated by a sophisticated, almost Woody Allen-like comedy, set in an elegant Turin. With the gradual arrival of Giuliano's colleagues, the setting narrows to the house and the tone shifts toward the grotesque, taking heavier overtones and a more visceral sense of comedy, in a sort of 'full-throated' invasion by Italian-style comedy."
Starring Maccio Capatonda, Sara Lazzaro, and Alessandro Tiberi, the film is the story of Giuliano, convinced that smart working has finally improved his life: he has more free time, less stress, a happy family, and the chance to build a better future with his wife Laura, an aspiring writer expecting their second child. The situation comes to a head when his company threatens to eliminate smart working, and Giuliano personally intervenes to help his colleagues work better at home ... his home.
Giuliano is convinced that remote working has finally improved his life: there is less stress, more free time, a happier family, and the chance to build a better future with his wife Laura, an aspiring writer expecting their second child. When his company threatens to eliminate remote working due to poor employee productivity, Giuliano decides to intervene personally to help his colleagues "work better". This decision, however, leads them all, one after another, to move into his home, dragging the family into a spiral of absurd situations, impossible living situations, and increasing madness.
