Their 18 year old son Paolo (Silvio Muccino) is a dreamer and a lost
soul. He is obsessed with a fellow student Ilaria (Giulia Michelini),
who rejects him and sees him as a loser. In order to get her praise
and to make some friends, he throws a pot party to celebrate his 18th
birthday which turns out to be a fiasco. Their 17 year old daughter
Valentina (Nicoletta Romanoff) is a sex pot who will do anything to
get into show business including sleeping with a TV show host. She has
the aspirations of becoming a singing dancer in a trashy TV program
called Ali Baba.
Carlo meets an old friend Alessia (Monica Bellucci), a beautiful woman
he loved when he was a student, at a party. These married people start
a passionate affair. He quits his job and Alessia encourages him to
complete his novel. Their relationship reach a level where they are
ready to dump their families. Meanwhile Guilia get audition for a play
and falls in love with the director who happens to be a gay. The Ristuccias
has absolutely no interaction between each other. Even though they are
an upper middle class yuppies, they are all miserable in their own way.
It took a terrible accident to bring these four people together. Watch
the film and find out whether Carlo and his family will live happily
ever after.
Director Gabriele Muccino succeeds in portraying a modern day Italian
family in crisis. He keeps the movie flowing smoothly in a dramatic
way. By making it emotionally touching, he is trying to give a message
about the complications and grievances that can arise due to the faded
passions in a married life. The cast is terrific. It is a pleasure to
watch beautiful middle aged Italian actress Laura Morante, who still
holds her sex appeal. Morante delivers an Oscar worthy performance.
Beautiful young model Romanoff makes an impressive debut. She proves
that she can be a good actress. Cinematography by Marcello Montarsi
is excellent and makes the movie more pleasurable. Movie excels in details
and as a whole is worth watching.
We rate this movie Good.
