Addio al nubilato

Watched this on a connection flight which passed through Rome, and at some point it surprised me. The movie is a typical comedy about a group of girlfriends, their relationships and mid life crisis. It replicates the hollywood formulas with italian elements, offering a portion of italian humour to everyday themes. Reinforcing some common race stereotypes, the movie takes the chance to include a black man in the position of a sex worker, in a typical voersexualizing of black bodies and racist jokes that were hardly necessary. Some people seem to think that as long as you make it clear that it is a 'joke', than there is no problem in being racist. Obviously white people and especially christians love the idea of justifying themselves and asking for forgiveness, so they can continue to sin endlessly. Recreational racism is still racism. Regrettable.

This is a picture about the lives of five italian women in their 40s looking back when they were best friends in high school. It is not a comic film, though it makes you laugh. It is a walk into memory lane, sometimes very poetic and intimate. It is directed mainly to an italian public, it makes frequent references to italian music and culture of the 90's. Francini is simply perfect in her very complicated role, but also the other actresses pull out a performance better than one would expect. The theater piece that inspired the plot is very good, but the movie is better I think. You end up after watching the movie, wanting to cry, wanting to laugh and with a nostalgic feeling of what it was. What can you ask more from the entairtanment industry? Watch it!