Un viaggio chiamato amore (2002)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Michele Placido

Writers:

Sibilla Aleramo (letters)
Dino Campana (letters)

Release Date:

6 September 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Romance

Plot:

The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo. |

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Laura Morante	...	Sibilla Aleramo
Stefano Accorsi	...	Dino Campana
Alessandro Haber	...	Andrea
Galatea Ranzi	...	Leonetta
Diego Ribon	...	Emilio
Katy Louise Saunders	...	Young Sibilla
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dario Bandiera	...	Ulderico
Consuelo Ciatti	...	Madre di Rina
Emiliano Coltorti	...	Sebastiano
Andrea Coppola	...	Padre di Rina
Vittorio Franceschi	...	Giovanni Campana
Michele Melega	...	Giovanni Papini
Marit Nissen	...	Karin
Teresa Ricci	...	Fanny Campana

Also Known As:

A Journey Called Love (International: English title)
La più lunga estate (Italy) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

New Zealand:R13 | Portugal:M/16 | Hong Kong:III

Company:

Cattleya

Madness and Poetry two sides of the same coin??

Could you imagine Michele Placido -the famous actor of "LA PIOVRA", a succesfull mafia TV serie- shooting a film about a poet's life, well this is the case and the result is remarkable.

Placido decided bravely to use a non commercial theme and describe deeply the life of an early 20th century poet, considered as a genius by all his colleagues. He is well acted by Stefano Accorsi, one of the latest generation Italian actors, well known after the succesfull blockbuster: L'Ultimo Bacio; he has a discontinuous and peaceless love story with Laura Morante, who in the film is a "well" known high class lady in the poetry male circles. The relation is well far to be a quiet one also because he starts to have more and more internal conflicts with himself. Laura Morante is splendid in her role, a nice middle age lady who has an unforgettable past with a family that finally she leaves to follow inconditionally his Poet friend. The film is well located in the Italy of those years and the atmosphere is perfect. The story can not finish in a different way than in a mental hospital.

Michele Placido seems to debate with us about the real meaning of poetry (or more in general arts) and the difficulties for a Poet (or an art man) to see life as everybody does in a standard way. However the film has certain moments where you can notice a lack of continuity in the story but the overall result is good.

Rating: 6/10