On Our Watch (2021)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 48M
Director : Pif
Writer : Pif, Michele Astori
Synopsis
Arturo loses his tech job to an algorithm he himself created. The rest of his life quickly crumbles and he ends up working as a delivery man for FUUBER, shuttling take-out orders around town while his movements are monitored and evaluated by an unreasonably strict app. His only solace comes from Stella, a hologram girlfriend also connected to a FUUBER app whose free trial is running out. Unable to afford a subscription due to the financial uncertainty of his new job, Arturo decides to take a stand...
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A street priest struggling to save his church learns his late uncle left him a small business that could turn his fortune around: he'll soon realize that said business is in fact... a brothel!
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The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
