A good movie

Since I have always been interested in Nanni Moretti’s work, I was really eager to check this movie. Indeed, at last, thanks to this flick, Nanni Moretti was able to win the Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival. Sometimes, I’m under the impression that the Cannes Film Festival suffers from the same guilty feelings as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as they give their top prize to some prestigious directors not really for their best movies but merely to make up for their past mistakes. Anyway, to be honest, it was not really original, but I thought it was a very well made drama with some really solid acting and it was obviously a rather heartbreaking story. Personally, I still prefer ‘Caro diario’ which was a little bit more experimental and it didn’t suffer the same constraints of the dramatic structure which were clearly visible here. Therefore, the tone here was also pretty dreary which was quite understandable considering the nature of its subject but the emotions displayed by the characters seemed to be quite genuine and the whole thing worked really well. To conclude, even though it might not be a masterpiece, I thought it was pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Italian movies.

7/10