Guignol Catching a moment of gloomy sadness,
We walked a rough, slippery path.
Moments of happiness and joy awaited us.
You and I despised them.
As he approached, he blinded all the onlookers who were involuntarily in his path. Carnival... Or a holiday in the monastery of the old monarch, ready to finally pass the reins of power. Dozens, hundreds of children in snow-white robes are running along the ancient pavements, seeing off music and the sincere, genuine joy of one sparkling moment. Welcome, O viewer, who has visited the forgotten history of Amleto Palermi.
Youth. Extreme expectations, extended arms and a number of individual, bright episodes. The beach and a somewhat amusing, chaotic competition at the regattas, which elicits laughter. An early love and renunciation that came as a sad but bright surprise to the naive couple, who acted as a mirror image for Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Everything is spinning on its axis, creating space for a tiny illusion of sky-high peace within one family of influential nobles and their inner circle. Only general cadres and you can even forgive too ridiculous, ostentatious images of the monarch and the great marshal. In the end, not one peplum was famous then Italy. Remembering the scene when a beautiful in its chaotic crowd dances near a marble column, along the way eluding old age and bigotry, I want to believe in a magnificent finale that will leave the right aftertaste on the heart. But... Miracles never visit the world of fleeting fireflies so often.
And, as already mentioned in the synopsis, the whole story is a shell, a fragile cocoon, which is pleasant to watch, since the unknown actors recreate not the characters, but the era itself. You don’t have to remember their names or try to single them out. All of them are the same cute children; toys moving from carefree dances near the columns to behind-the-scenes intrigues and obvious desires. Everyone wants to gain such a powerful power, even if it is only a nominal symbol. Lida Borelli? Yes, sometimes famous for her time actress comes to the fore, standing out among their peers, but even she is not the first violin in the godless grotesque orchestra. There is no central hero or single sad story in this film. Quite banal for silent tapes, the plot will not be able to hook the researchers and moviegoers passing by, who are much easier to find the same “Kamo Coming?”. However, as well as the rather expected finale, drawing a bold line and elevating the drama into a classic tragedy with very prosaic conclusions before the last intertiter. This sometimes damaged movie with partially lost dialogue can interest only those who wish to feel the closeness, breath of those days that were masterfully recreated by a little-known director. Yes, the original gray epilogue disappoints and breaks all the magic of the first half hour, but it is because of these 30 minutes that it is worth watching “Carnival”, although this film will appeal only to very torn fans of early cinema.
They hide beneath us, above us, and among us until we look straight into their evil eyes. And then they, discovered, for a moment gain flesh and die, but in near-death convulsions tear the surrounding world, which is rightly considered his toy.