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Benzina (2001)

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User Rating: 5.4/10 (140 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Monica Stambrini
Writers:
Anne Riitta Ciccone (writer)
Monica Stambrini (writer)
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Release Date:
31 May 2002 (Italy) more
Genre:
Crime more
Plot:
Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora (aka Lenni) are young and in love... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
not so good more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

Maya Sansa ... Stella
Regina Orioli ... Lenni
Mariella Valentini ... Madre di Eleonora
Luigi Maria Burruano ... Padre Gabriele
Chiara Conti ... Pippi

Marco Quaglia ... Sandro
Pietro Ragusa ... Filippo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Osvaldo Livio Alzari ... Cashier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gasoline (Canada: English title) (International: English title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
not so good, 2 June 2003
5/10
Author: plaidpotato from United States

This was an Italian movie trying to be an American-style thriller. The blurb in the paper called it an Italian Thelma and Louise, but I wouldn't give it that much credit. It did hold my attention throughout--at no point did I want to get up and walk out of the theater, although quite a few other people did. There were a few non-plot related scenes the director handled nicely. She captured a mood--dark and gloomy. And the two lead actresses were quite good, and quite uniquely attractive. But overall, the film was weak.

I blame the writing. This was a screenplay that should have never gotten made into a movie. Just about everything related to the advancement of the plot was carried off awkwardly. Too many extreme coincidences, unbelievable situations, too many people behaving like no real human would ever behave.

In particular, there were these three wild, psychotic teenagers who appeared out of nowhere, and decided to chase and torment the two leads throughout the movie, with absolutely no motivation, and constantly reappearing at the very most improbable moments. The screenwriter relied almost totally on this for the movie's tension--just plain lazy and stupid writing. I mean, c'mon, the two lead characters were toting around a dead body for most of the movie. There are scads of more natural possibilities to build suspense around that. There's no need for crazed teenagers.

And also, unfortunately, there was no nudity in this movie, and just a couple of very brief and mostly clothed love scenes between the two women. I'm not saying that all movies, or even all lesbian movies, require sex and nudity, but since this was basically an exploitation film, it should have been a bit more exploitative, or else there's nothing much to recommend it.

I don't recommend it. 4.5/10 rounds up to a weak 5/10.

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