Copperman (film)

Copperman is a 2019 Italian superhero drama film directed by Eros Puglielli and starring Luca Argentero.

Plot

Anselmo, a mentally disable man, grew up believing that his father had abandoned his family in order to fight the evil injustices of the world. As he grows up, he decides to emulate him by becoming a superhero.

Cast

Luca Argentero as Anselmo / Copperman
Antonia Truppo as Titti
Galatea Ranzi as Gianna
Gianluca Gobbi as Ernesto
Tommaso Ragno as Silvano il fabbro
Massimo Poggio as Giovanni
Paolo Romano as Mario

Production

The film was shot in Spoleto between July and September 2018.

Release

The film was theatrically released in Italy by Notorious Pictures on 7 February 2019.

Reception

La Repubblica critic Roberto Nepoti praised the Puglielli's touch, "that throughout the film retains a fairy-tale tone in tune with Anselmo's worldview", and marked the film as "gentle and in its own way courageous". Simone Emiliani from described it as a mix of genres, "full of interesting suggestions and insights" but "uneven", where the two main actors appear "at times lost in dealing with continually shifting registers".