Break Up

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Movie Info

An Italian industrialist's (Marcello Mastroianni) sudden fixation on the bursting point of balloons leads to his swift downfall over the course of one mind-blowing evening.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

Italian
Director:

Marco Ferreri
Producer:

Carlo Ponti
Writer:

Marco Ferreri
Runtime:

1h 25m

Cast & Crew

Marcello Mastroianni
Mario

Catherine Spaak
Giovanna

Ugo Tognazzi
Man With Car

William Berger
Benny

Sonja Romanoff

Antonio Altoviti

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Critic Reviews for L'Uomo dei Cinque Palloni (Break Up) (The Man with the Balloons)

All Critics (1) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

The rhythm of the film, the way it is cut and put together, is altogether skittish and out of phose-so that it is very hard even to pay attention to what is going on.

January 9, 2018 | Full Review…

Renata Adler
New York Times