Perturbazione feat. Dente - Buongiorno buonafortuna

What this video is

Released in October 2010, this video captures a sociological snapshot of everyday northern Italian life at the onset of the European debt crisis era, when middle-class anxieties — traffic jams, blood tests, punching the clock, being dumped — had become defining textures of Italian pop culture discourse. The song and its video belong to a tradition of poetic urban realism in Italian songwriting, updating the…

Why it matters

Emblematic of the Italian indie pop revival of the late 2000s: melodic, lyrically dense, rooted in everyday urban experience. The track and video helped establish Perturbazione's crossover credibility beyond their Piedmontese fanbase and contributed to a broader legitimisation of Italian-language…

The director

Italian director, screenwriter, and multimedia artist. Began career in the 1990s as set designer and SFX creator on productions by Gabriele Salvatores and Lina Wertmüller. Founded musical collective Jetlag in 2002. Began directing music videos in 2006–2007…