Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Gabriele Salvatores

Writers:

Gabriele Salvatores (writer)
Fabio Scamoni (writer)

Release Date:

27 May 2005 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Angela Baraldi	...	Giorgia Cantini
Gigio Alberti	...	Andrea Berti
Claudia Zanella	...	Ada Cantini
Elio Germano	...	Lucio
Andrea Renzi	...	Commissario Bruni
Luigi Maria Burruano	...	Il Capitano
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gennaro Diana	...	Giulio
Ylenia Malti	...	Ragazza 1
Bebo Storti	...	Lattice

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Italy:T | Australia:MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company:

Colorado Films

Trivia:

Title was based on a line from Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972).

Movie Connections:

References Jules et Jim (1962)

Soundtrack:

Impressioni di settembre

OK - but all the typical Italian movies bad things

The movie is OK, with some good parts and a few brilliant ideas. To me, Salvatores movies are sometimes great, often OK and a few times bad. The main characteristic of this one is that it is like a manual of all the common errors, horrors and annoying things of recent Italian movies. The story starts quite well and the characters seem interesting, but it turns banal and predictable with a lot of unbelievable and uber fake situations. The movie is set in Bologna and NONE of the characters has the tiniest accent from Bologna (BTW - one of the greatest accent in Italy) -the two sisters have definite different accents, one from Rome and one from Milan As usual the actors speak in actor's school Italian (why Italian directors cant put real everyday Italian dialogue in movies??) Location are great for cinematic purposes - Bologna city center with its covered passages and Old Rome with the river and the old cobbled streets, but no middle aged stripper, or aspiring actress, or shabby private detective could afford that (why Italian directors can't show us real contemporary Italy??) And what about the brand new, sparkling clean café' kiosk right in the middle of an abandoned factory ?? And the far too many irrelevant references to all those old movies ?? And the director's trademark marijuana smoking - so annoying

I think Salvatores should decide whether he wants to do nice, joyful movies like Mediterraneo or more real and tough movies about real and tough contemporary Italy like Io non ho paura, because every time he tries something in the middle results are disappointing