A life scenario “All happy families are alike.”
Leo Tolstoy "Anna Karenina"
If you tell the story in order, you get the following. Having laid out everything he thinks about him, leaving him a dog as a gift (in order to understand the full extent of his selfishness!), Enzio leaves his ex-girlfriend. He no longer has a loved one, but he has loneliness, time, and a computer. He can write the script. He always loved telling stories. The laptop breaks in a strange way - the typed text is dropped from the blackened screen, and then from its darkness the figures of the characters conceived by him appear alive. Enzio's mental creations are clothed in blood and flesh, and we are already watching the stories of their lives. Now, in all likelihood, somehow their real acquaintance must happen. And it happens: cycling Enzio hits one of his heroines, and thus turns into a character of his own story. He enters the circle of creatures of his imagination, his fate is intertwined with their lives and now depends on them. But at the same time, he remains the author of the script, and the further course of events is still entirely in his control.
What is Enzio's script about? I will not retell it, but the plot is as follows: a sixteen-year-old boy and girl announce to their parents their desire to get married. Families react differently to this news, and Enzio juxtaposes the nature of family relationships.
Creating the script of the film, Enzio imparts to the paper his ideas (an outdated expression, the text he typed on the computer!) about the ideal of human relations. In it he puts the dream of a woman close in spirit, the desire for a positive perception of life, the hope to end his path in harmony with himself and with the world. It is a matter of living the life according to this scenario, and making the dream come true.
The form in which the director conveys the state of mind of his hero is beyond praise. The film, which tells about the delicacy of feelings, is filmed subtly and delicately. There is no edifying criticism, straightforward statements, but there is a quiet admiration for the beauty of spiritual movements and actions. The worldview picture is shot in the genre of comedy, its funny collisions, funny scenes, anecdotal situations can obscure the essence of what is happening, so you need to watch it with attention. This, by the way, is given without much stress, because it is made skillfully and easy to perceive. But the film is “made” (in the good sense of the word), and the director constantly plays with the audience. The story of Enzio he presents on the verge of eccentricity, but with excellent taste and sense of proportion.
A very unusual film, original, peculiar, warm, leisurely, not in Italian restrained, finely conceived and subtle, very organically played by the entire cast, brilliantly shown by the operator. The picture is aesthetic, beauty plays an important role in it - the spirituality of a person and his appearance, nature, architecture, music.
I think this one-of-a-kind film will be pleasant to see not only fans of the exquisite style of directing, but also everyone who, like his hero, cherishes the dream of the ideal of being. It can be equally interesting for those who haven’t thought about it yet.
10 out of 10