When the director's life falls apart, he moves into a 1985 VW van, gets back to his Neapolitan roots, and discovers arrangiarsi, making something from nothing.
Direction
Troncone turns personal disaster into cinematic comfort food.
Practical Effects
Real pizza-making in real Naples — no food stylists here.
Director
Matteo Troncone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Arrangiarsi' is untranslatable Neapolitan philosophy — think MacGyver meets stoicism, born from centuries of colonial neglect.
Troncone shot most footage on actual camcorders from the 2000s, not pristine digital — the grain IS the point.
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