A lot of noise out of nothing. Very strange movie. Vittorio Gassman himself admitted that this is a rather complex movie, which is initially not destined to be understood by a large audience. So once they said about the songs of Boris Grebenshchikov: to understand them, you need to be one of the personal friends of BG. Otherwise, most images, hints, allusions will remain unsolved.
I will try to tell you what I understood myself. Four friends studied at the Academy of Dramatic Art. Adolfo became a successful theater director in Brazil. Vittorio is a famous actor. Theatrical director Luciano considers it his duty to respond to current political topics. And Luca. Luca became depressed and wrote letters to his friends that none of them read. Now it's time for the classmates to meet, but none of them want to see Luca.
The film has many conversations, memories and beautiful girls. Adolfo is rich, but suffers from nostalgia. Vittorio is successful but entangled in his stage masks. Luciano is a good person, but a loser. And Luke continues to write to the tables of former comrades.
Probably, one should be very well versed in the Italian searches of filmmakers and theatergoers of that time, in the works of the filmmakers, in order to join their spiritual quest.
5 out of 10