Silvio Soldini has created another masterpiece, perhaps not quite
as good as 'Pane e Tulipani', and yet perhaps it is even better.
The movie has an ethereal quality, Fellini without the black edges.
Licia Maglietta is wonderful, she expresses feelings with a little
twist of her face better than anyone, she is a delight to watch. The
attitude of the characters to infidelity, which pervades all their lives,
is classic Italian something that the Anglo Saxon / American
mind can't understand. The characters are reminiscent of the three men in Sandra
Nettelbeck's 'Bella Martha' who all manage to live their lives
without killing anyone or even revealing a nasty sinister inner-self,
a refreshing change and perhaps not totally divorced from reality.
This is a movie for those with romance in their soul, it challenges
us to dream and shows us the power of belief, it is very funny,
thoroughly entertaining and leaves you with warm glow. Ten out of
ten!
as good as 'Pane e Tulipani', and yet perhaps it is even better.
The movie has an ethereal quality, Fellini without the black edges.
Licia Maglietta is wonderful, she expresses feelings with a little
twist of her face better than anyone, she is a delight to watch. The
attitude of the characters to infidelity, which pervades all their lives,
is classic Italian something that the Anglo Saxon / American
mind can't understand. The characters are reminiscent of the three men in Sandra
Nettelbeck's 'Bella Martha' who all manage to live their lives
without killing anyone or even revealing a nasty sinister inner-self,
a refreshing change and perhaps not totally divorced from reality.
This is a movie for those with romance in their soul, it challenges
us to dream and shows us the power of belief, it is very funny,
thoroughly entertaining and leaves you with warm glow. Ten out of
ten!