Mille bolle blu (1993)

The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is awaiting for a total eclipse of the ... See full summary »

Director:

Leone Pompucci

Writers:

Filippo Pichi (screenplay), Filippo Pichi (story),

Stars:

Carla Benedetti, Matteo Fadda, Giacomo Fadda

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carla Benedetti	...	madre famiglia De Blasi
Matteo Fadda	...	Sandrino De Blasi
Giacomo Fadda	...	Filippo De Blasi
Stefano Masciarelli	...	padre famiglia De Blasi
Nicoletta Boris	...	Tecla Rossi
Orazio Stracuzzi	...	Gino Rossi
Ludovica Modugno	...	moglie Gino Rossi
Cesare Gelli	...	Decio Rossi
Denise Du Chene De Vere	...	moglie Decio Rossi
Gina Rovere	...	Sara
Manuele Pompili	...	figlio Sara
Stefania Montorsi	...	Elvira Caliciotti
Enza Elisea	...	Elena Caliciotti
Lidia Biondi	...	madre famiglia Caliciotti
Franco Mesconcini	...	padre famiglia Caliciotti

Storyline

The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is awaiting for a total eclipse of the sun, that really happened during summer of '61, and it was was fully visible from Italy. He sees his family life, a young girl who is about to marry a man she doesn't love, an old man who has just died and whose relatives fight for his inheritance, a blind trumpet player who hopes to recover, his little friends...

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Plot Keywords:

eclipse | inheritance | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship | bride and groom | interlinked stories | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 September 1993 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Tuhat sinistä kuplaa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sorpasso Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

User Reviews

24 hour snapshot in the lives of a courtyard

The plot lasts 24 hours. The location is limited to a residential apartment building and its courtyard in the middle. All sorts of characters, with their patterns, habits, lives, wants. Ambience is early sixties Rome, probably the Piazza Mazzini neighborhood. The cars, clothing, expressions, music, radio themes are all authentically duplicated (quite impressive feat). The residential settings reminds the one in "Una Giornata Particolare". The title of the movie is the name of a popular song in the early sixties in Italy. Very impressive first feature film. Great attention to detail. Very nice camera movement as it follows the bunch of kids on the rooftop terrace through the linens drying on the sun and flapping to the wind. There are some small cultural assumptions that are maybe understood only by folks that lived in Rome in those years that outside audiences may not understand (and that is a kisk of any motion picture that tries to be less generic and more specialized in a very specific theme), but it is done a well balanced way that still makes this film most enjoyable to all audiences.