Luciano is a gregarious fishmonger with his own Stall near his home in one of the old quarters of Naples. He is not just one of the few men in his sprawling family of numerous aunts and cousins, but he is always the life of soul of their group. One day when his wife and … Continue reading
This bittersweet comedy from Italian writer/director/actor Gianni Di Gregio is almost a sequel of his sleeper hit of 2008, the truly delightful ‘MID AUGUST LUNCH’. In that film Gianni was a 60-year-old man living alone with his demanding octogenarian tiny mother who finds himself the custodian of several other old ladies who are dumped upon … Continue reading
Shun Li is a barmaid at small working men’s cafe in a sleepy lagoon town just north of Venice. Her job is the price that she must pay for being able to leave China for which she is totally beholden to her shady Chinese employers, and once they decide her debt is paid they will bring over … Continue reading
The thing I really loved the most about this movie was the title, which is actually a wonderful sentiment that I never really wanted to believe in, but now I am in my dotage I’ll admit has more than a smidgen of truth to it. James is the teenager who is at the receiving end … Continue reading
Exactly why the veteran former supermodel Benedetta Barzini allowed her filmmaker son Beniamino Barrese to make this his very documentary on her is very unclear as most of the time she simply barks at him to F–k Off! At 76 years old and with her well-worn face, it is still easy to see that … Continue reading