Ovosodo

Ovosodo

Life... what a sweet, cruel, silly thing.

1997100 min7.2 / 10

A bittersweet coming-of-age journey through working-class Italy that balances humor and hardship as a boy navigates puberty, class struggle, and the path to fatherhood.

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

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