Padre Padrone fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
A real life story, family, and growing up
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Padre Padrone is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's moving, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
A real life story, family, and growing up
Its world is built around a real life story, family, and growing up.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Padre Padrone is included with a subscription to MUBI in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 7.2 and Rotten Tomatoes 70%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 54 min
Padre Padrone runs 1 h 54 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 70 and audiences 75 out of 100, so both groups see Padre Padrone much the same way.
It was made in Italian, with some German, Latin, Sardinian. Produced in Italy.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Padre Padrone in 13 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 21 storytelling tropes for Padre Padrone, including For Doom the Bell Tolls, Title Drop, Dramatization.
7.2
