Sobre Viagens e Amores

Marco and Maria are school mates from Italy, and vacation with a gay couple in San Francisco. Fun, cute, entertaining. Good quality editing, directing. good acting. Fun story line, treating gay couple with respect. They DO toy with the audience for quite a while to see if Marco or Maria will try the "gay life", since they make a big point of showing us how inexperienced they both are. If the gay guys live on the edge of Alamo Square, and own a SAILBOAT, the real estate agent must be selling a lot of million dollar homes! and one wants to quit his job. very understanding hubby. and what the ##$$ happened to the friend in Palo Alto who found them a place to stay? we never see him again after the first two minutes... did he croak when filming started? you'd think after flying to Amurrica, Marco and Maria would make the effort to go visit him. and who flies to Cuba for a day or two? I guess if you have the dough... Okay.. in spite of this, its cute and fun, and the whole point seems to be "enjoy you're summer vacation, whether or not it ends up going where you think it's going to go". Some missed connections. some lessons learned. Also called "L'estate Addosso". Good work from director Gabriele Muccino; he's been making films for 20 years now. Showing on netflix. Highly recommended!

There doesn't seem to be much interest in this film, perhaps the dreaded 'G' word kept people away. For the most part, the four friends live together temporarily without too much drama, but the interaction between the two gay guys, the straight laced virginal girl and the straight boy seems a little too tidy. I couldn't help wonder what gays made of this movie, with one of the two partners tempted by the female and the other lusting over the straight boy. A nicely developed friendship between the four with a melancholy ending.

From the opening scenes to the very end - I enjoyed every minute of this film. It gives one a warm fuzzy feeling. Beautifully shot, great sets, cool wardrobe. I wish I could be a part of features like this. Stories like these need to be told. I particularly enjoyed the coming out stories and the way the guys felt the first time they touched and kissed. Coming out is liberating and should be celebrated. Well done to the entire cast and crew - please make more films like these!

Let me start by saying that I enjoyed it even if I knew, I sensed that I was told the story as if I was a child. a very young child who needed repetitions for clarity. The characters talk and explain themselves with a writer's tone. None of it makes any real sense and yet I stayed with it, mainly because I was intrigued by Brando Pacitto as a character and as an actor and I was totally enchanted by Joseph Haro. They create a vibe that was contagious even if remains at the periphery of something. I haven't been able to get into Gabriele Muccino's world yet. His preppy characters are as far from a mystery as anything I've ever seen and the dialogue is pure TV but I have to admit I'm glad I saw it.

Was well worth the watch. You won't be disappointed. Friendships,love,relationships. Friends being full of life enjoying there company together . A lesson to enjoy life to the fullest.