| Brief Description: |
For this festival award winner, Gabriele Muccino consulted with two 16-year-olds -- Adele Tulli and younger brother Silvio Muccino -- in an attempt to understand the feel of contemporary teenage life. The result is a funny, heartfelt drama full of surprise and subtlety. Silvio (Muccino) is a young student who has little interest in the rebellion taking place at his school. Instead he's focused his sights on Valentina (Giulia Carmignani), a pretty girl with a steady boyfriend. But when he reveals his affection to his gossipy friend, Silvio is ostracized by his classmates and forced to readjust to the tumultuous up-and-downs of teenage life. "A credible, sardonic snapshot that, for all its infectious energy, captures the very real frustrations of inchoate adolescent rebellion" (Dennis Lim, The Village Voice). In Italian with English subtitles. |
