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Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope!!! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote island Favignana. There is very little for the commissioner to do on the quiet island, so Lo Gatto decides to investigate the vanishing of a tourist which quickly becomes a very complicated affair.
Style:
satirical, light hearted, tragicomedy, slapstick, surprise ending, nostalgic, italian comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, island, children, fish out of water, vatican, mediterranean, small town, whodunit, missing person, murder mystery, satire, dark humor, journalism, bureaucracy, social commentary, investigative journalism, political satire, moral ambiguity, disappearance, police, female nudity, journalist, murder, pope, female pubic hair ...
Place:
sicily, italy
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