Amor nello specchio (1999)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Salvatore Maira

Writers:

Salvatore Maira (writer)
Francesco Marcucci (adaptation)

Release Date:

19 November 1999 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Lesbian Sex | Sex

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Anna Galiena	...	Virginia
Peter Stormare	...	Giovanni Andreini
Simona Cavallari	...	Lidia
Jacques Sernas	...	Principe Bassompierre
Maurizio Micheli	...	Algarotti
Eugenio Allegri	...	Tristano Martinelli
Quinto Parmeggiani	...	Padre Attanasio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alessandra Borgia	...	Bernetta
Myriam Catania
Francesco Cordio	...	Mattia
Giuseppe Moretti	...	Lelio
Vittorio Viviani	...	Colla

Also Known As:

Love in the Mirror (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Guastalla, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company:

Factory Films

Cold and uninteresting

I was a big fan of italian films up until this one. When you think of Italian films you normally think of warm, very emotional movies like Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino and others. When you see Love in the Mirror you'll think you accidentally walked into a French movie. The whole film is cold and it seems like the film tries to make you uninterested in the characters.

There are endless sex scenes that have no point and get really boring after a while. I've always felt that if teenaged guys get bored during gratuitous sex scenes, the director must be doing something wrong. The plot is impossible to follow and after a while you are just hoping it will end. I noticed a bunch of people looking at their watches during the last hour at the premiere at the film festival here in Toronto. I do have to admit that the cinematography and set design were incredible, but with all the other flaws you really don't care.