Siccità

Siccità is a dystopic choral film narrating life in the Italian capital city, plagued by years of drought. Directed by Paolo Virzì it stars important names in the Italian cinematic industry such as Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi, Silvio Orlando and Tommaso Ragno.

The beauty of this film lies in the fact that in spite of its catastrophic events, Rome keeps its charm, which is transformed into a sort of dry gothic allure. The colours are particularly vivid and intense, in the same way as the various pictures portrayed and the special effects.

A multitude of characters flow through the various scenes, apparently strangers but all interconnected. Each one of them has to face the devastation surrounding them, but also the devastation within, in a long search for their lost souls. I especially loved Claudia Pandolfi and Valerio Mastandrea, a chameleon capable of transforming himself into any character in such an intense way.

Even though I enjoyed this film very much I found some flaws: Monica Bellucci is just a fascinating statue, a sort of goddess of fertility, but as soon as she starts talking her lack of acting skills are unveiled. Her performance really clashed in this story. Then I felt really skeptical about this environmental crisis hitting just Rome and not the rest of the country, it does not make much sense...

Apart from this I highly suggest it!