Mediterraneo Rating: Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Claudio Bigagli Diego Abatantuono Giuseppe Cederna

Mediterraneo Reviews

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Un Film Eccellente!
Excellent movie! It's more than just some WWII Italian soldiers "invading" a Greek isle. I watched it in Italian with English subtitles and not understanding Italian was, in a way, a bonus. It made me more attentive to the music and the expressive tone of the soldiers' screams, grumbling, and delirium. We often watch movies that depict the difficulty of people from one culture to adapt to the environment and get a long with people of another culture. In Mediterraneo, it's the opposite. The Italian soldiers adapted so well and easily to the island and its people. Of course the Mediterranean factor helped, but it's the human factor after all, that bonds people together.

Why is this movie so moving?
Well, it's difficult to explain why is this movie so moving... Essentially, nothing really happens most of the time (like in real life). The background is war but you actually dont see any. There's a love story, sort of, but no real love scene, or emotional romance... it's also a comedy, but there aren't any really great memoreable jokes that knock you off. There is some "philosophy", escapism, let's-enjoy-life-while-it's last or whatever, but that's not that revealing either... So why is it so good? Am not sure, although I've seen it many-many times, over and over, can memorize whole scenes and dialogs, completely obssesed with it. Maybe, it creates a certain atmosphere, a silly happy smile that wan't move from yr face for the duration and some time after... you fall in love
with some of the charachters, the italian language, the greek landscape, you watch it and want to ride (or better walk next to)a donkey, sit on a rock and eat some feta, hide in an olive barrell... every small detail of a scene is beautifully shot and sculpted, tasteful, subtle yet simple, every word in its place, it all fits together so well... everytime I see it I discover new details, change my opinion and preferences about the charachters. Now I am quite convinced "lo Russo" is the main personality, although at some pt I thought it was Farina, or perhaps there is no "main" one, like in real life etc.

I tried to show this movie to some teenagers but they got super bored, which was sad, so I wan't do it again, just watch it myself, over and over again...

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