The Meter Reader (), also known as The Man Who Checks the Meter, is a 1995 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Stefano Incerti, at his feature film debut. It premiered at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Cast as Crescenzio Roberto De Francesco as Beniamino as Giuliana Renato Carpentieri as the Boss as the Mother Teresa Saponangelo as Valeria Enzo Moscato as the Psychopath Antonio Pennarella as Renato as the Doorman
Production Incerti worked on the project for four years. Principal photography started in December 1994.
Release The film premiered at the 52nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Overtaking Lane sidebar.
Reception For this film Incerti won the David di Donatello for Best New Director and the Grolla d'oro for Best Director.
Variety's critic David Rooney described the film as a "melancholy drama" that "overcomes a fragile script with astute assembly of its fragmentary narrative", and wrote: "Familiar themes of loneliness and alienation are explored with originality, economy and firm control".
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