Not Memento mori, but Ricordati di me! What is interesting about the film directed by Gabriele Muccino? Well, let's start with the fact that this is the debut work in the cinema of Nicoletta Romanoff, a descendant of the royal family of the Romanovs. And the girl did quite well. You can even say royal, given the hypertrophied sexuality and a couple of bed scenes. Yes, this little girl is clearly not afraid of the camera and be ashamed by the public for her moral appearance. Just like Stein Fisher Christensen in The Invisible. Come on. It is always a pleasure to see Monica Bellucci on screen. She does not need much, it is enough to demonstrate a look with a wolf, sensual lips and the viewer is ready, at least the male half of the cinema.
And then there is Laura Morante, who in my opinion played perfectly. Yeah, that's perfect! Laura gave all two hundred million percent in this film. The Italians are temperamental people, so you have not seen Laura Morante, honestly! Julia, the heroine of Morante, a former actress and now a teacher. My husband has long been intimacy and relationships are minimized. But the dream to play in the theater does not leave Julia to learn her role, along the way participating in rehearsals. Someone will say a loser, a spineless creature, which is left to be content with the fate of a deceived wife. And he'll be right. But!! It's in debut. And then we see a clot of energy, a lump of naked nerves, the desire to keep the family in spite of everything.
And finally, Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio). Head of family. Dimmed lifeless look, murderous walk of the old man, and he still has to think not 50. And the transformation after meeting with the former, that is, with Alessia (Monica Bellucci). From calm and phlegmatic, the hero Bentivoglio turns into a hot Italian man, who got a stitch under the tail. He sees no one else except Alessia. I forgot about my wife and kids. What a gray-haired beard, here at the time to call orderlies to place the client in the appropriate institution. Bentivoglio's good. I have never seen this actor on screen. Nice discovery. And, by the way, a person with charisma, which is true, is true.
I'm not going to write about kids, I'll just say that Valentina is a thing. What do we want? The cruel manners, madam, in our town, are cruel. Nicoletta played a kind of bitch daughter. A product of his time, as did Paolo (Silvio Muccino). But at least he's not as cynical and cruel as his sister. In general, it was a hot cocktail of mixed feelings, situations and positions. But digestible. I highly recommend it!
10 out of 10