U.S. Palmese

U.S. Palmese

Directed by Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti

Produced by Mompracem, Calabria Film Commission

2025122 min5.9 / 10

A feel-good comedy about a small Italian town's unlikely scheme to revive its soccer team by recruiting a temperamental star player, centered on warmth, community spirit, and personal transformation.

In Palmi, a small town in Calabria, Don Vincenzo, a genial retired farmer, has a crazy idea to revive the local soccer team by organizing a bizarre fundraiser hiring the Italian major league Serie A, soccer player Etienne Morville, a bad-tempered guy but among the strongest in the world. Albeit unwillingly, Morville leaves Milan to move to Palmi and try to save his image. In the small town he will come up against a reality of sincerity, which will lead everyone on an unforgettable experience.

Questions people ask

  • Is U.S. Palmese easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does U.S. Palmese end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is U.S. Palmese scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is U.S. Palmese sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is U.S. Palmese violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity12

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise28

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like U.S. Palmese, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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