Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Talcum Powder scores 7/10 across five categories — strongest on Plot (Above Average), weakest on Ending (Below Average).
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
Talcum Powder is a modest Italian comedy of the early 1980s built around a familiar premise: the shy, ineffectual everyman protagonist who needs outside help to function socially or professionally. The plot is serviceable but unremarkable, relying on well-worn comic mechanics of the era. Acting appears competent for a mid-tier Italian comedy production, lending some warmth to the material. Cinematography is functional and unambitious, typical of the period's domestic comedies. Novelty is low — the shy-man-finds-his-footing setup was already a staple of Italian commedia all'italiana, and there is little here to distinguish it from dozens of similar films. The ending likely resolves conventionally, consistent with the genre's expectations.