
A beautiful
Sicilian movie about 3 generations living in town
Bagheria (Baaria in Sicilian slang) where the director,
Giuseppe Tornatore, was born. I saw it in the cinema and before going, I watched the
trailer and from what I saw there, I expected almost a kitch romanticized image of Italian life - simply only nice views made in Italian comedy-style.
I almost declined going, but then changed my mind but did not expect much.
The film was great - slow camera work at times, yes - the images were great and beautiful, but the story was narrated with such
sensitivity and sensuality that I completely fell for it.
Fragile characters full of
humanity,
childhood innocence, light and at times ironic
humor, symbolism and just hints at a much deeper
symbolism involved in that
region. It left deep emotions in me, one of rare films I saw, very sensitive and intelligent.
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