Not since "Y Tu Mamá También" has a movie so palpably captured the down-to-earth, flesh-and-blood reality of high-spirited people living their lives without self-consciousness.
It's slight but in a haunting way, like a half-remembered dream.
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
For all Golino's comeliness, she's upstaged by the windy beauty of the landscape, and by Crialese's attention -- in an Italian neorealist way -- to the routines of daily life in an insular, traditional culture.
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
On its own terms, the movie succeeds. Like a fable, its meanings are unspecific but haunting.
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L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The movie's pleasures draw on old-fashioned Italian neo-realist simplicity.