Tolo Tolo

Tolo Tolo

Directed by Checco Zalone

Produced by Taodue Film, Medusa Film

202094 min6.1 / 10

A comedic road-movie about a hapless Italian entrepreneur who flees debt and war by joining African migrants on a perilous journey, blending humor with the gravity of displacement and friendship.

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

Where to watch

Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tolo Tolo easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Tolo Tolo sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is Tolo Tolo scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Tolo Tolo end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Tolo Tolo violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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28/ 100

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