6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Thriller, Crime, Drama • 2025 • 110 min • Adults (18+)
The Big Fake (2025)
The Big Fake (2025)
Overview
Italian crime drama set in 1970s Rome, where aspiring painter Toni (Pietro Castellitto) turns to art forgery amid the city's turbulent underworld. Directed by Stefano Lodovichi, the film stars Giulia Michelini as gallery owner Donata and Andrea Arcangeli as priest Don Vittorio. Netflix adaptation of the novel Il falsario di Stato by Nicola Biondo and Massimo Veneziani, loosely inspired by real events involving forger Antonio Chichiarelli.
Starring Cast
Pietro Castellitto • Giulia Michelini • Andrea Arcangeli
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Italian crime drama set in 1970s Rome, where aspiring painter Toni (Pietro Castellitto) turns to art forgery amid the city's turbulent underworld. Directed by Stefano Lodovichi, the film stars Giulia Michelini as gallery owner Donata and Andrea Arcangeli as priest Don Vittorio. Netflix adaptation of the novel Il falsario di Stato by Nicola Biondo and Massimo Veneziani, loosely inspired by real events involving forger Antonio Chichiarelli.
Starring Cast
Pietro Castellitto • Giulia Michelini • Andrea Arcangeli
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
Forgery thriller entwines art crime with Italy's 1970s political violence, where an indifferent protagonist aids state and criminals alike amid Red Brigades terror. The film's evenhanded exposure of manipulation across factions underscores ideological futility in crisis.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film employs a cast of white Italian actors in lead roles without diverse recasting. Its narrative examines historical political chaos and moral opportunism in 1970s Rome but does not center critiques of traditional identities or advance DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High
Fraternal solidarity unravels through betrayal and self-preservation in a crime-ridden milieu, while the central romance embraces extramarital affairs and unwed pregnancy without upholding marital or parental conventions. This subversion of kinship norms drives a portrayal that leans against traditional family ideals.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film depicts Christianity via priest Vittorio, who joins the clergy to escape poverty and later embezzles church funds for luxuries while accepting illicit donations, underscoring institutional hypocrisy and moral compromise without redeeming portrayals of the faith.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative centers on art forgery and political intrigue in 1970s Rome, with characters involved in crime and betrayal but no exploration of gender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film portrays real-life male figures like forger Antonio Chichiarelli and politician Aldo Moro as male without gender alterations, and introduces original characters without swapping established genders from historical records.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Big Fake dramatizes the life of Italian forger Tony Chichiarelli and events involving Aldo Moro, both portrayed by actors of matching Italian heritage, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.6
Critic Ratings
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