09th Apr 2006
The best of youth (La Meglio gioventù)

“Once you begin it, you’ll finish it”. You’ve raison this time ;-) although you do not always but I do :-p
I’ve watched this 358-minutes-movie in 2 days, the first part yesterday, till 1:30AM and the second part, whole afternoon today.
It was such a simple story, no “innovation”, ” new concept” or something like that, just a family over 40 years, beginning with a far far away summer which has changed life of some. Simple, natural and moving.
Many things have touched me:
Italian historical events which remind our actual time:
– Transparent banks, transparent taxes… All will be transparent.
– Do you think we can do it?
– Others can, so why not us?
– I mean Italians, can we do it? People here doesn’t like transparency…
The determination of youth to have a better country and a better future:
– We engage to raise our children in respect to others
– We engage to develop the sense of responsability
– We engage to develop the sense of justice
– We engage not to follow actual bad morals
– We engage not to ask as a favor what is our legal right
– We engage to resist violent mafias
– We engage to love others as brothers
– We engage not to forget Giovanni Falcone
The hope:
– Why do sad things but nice ones seem always natural?
And more than all, love and compassion.
The movie reminds me also about my 2 years aboard, that atmosphere, that spirit, that “way”.
Good acting, funny and smart dialog. I’ve also found some very “me” stuffs which made me laugh:
– The genre “I have always reason”.
– Exactly as you are!
and also my belief that perhaps someday as Nicola, I will find its limit: “It was my concept of freedom. I thought everybody had right to live the way they wanted to do. But is there freedom to die?“.
Love the movie. Will rewatch it someday.
It’s Jasmine Trinca. She was so beautiful, so innocent in Romanzo criminale. I like her angel beauty, but she acts not so well. How about The best of youth?
After the trip to Venise, I really appreciate Italy. It’s a pleasure to watch Italien movies, but it seems that I know almost nothing about Italien cinema.
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PS: xxx = movie or cinema!
Anyway, no problem for your comprehension ;-)
She was great in The best of youth although she was not the main character. The movie is really long, but nice.