La donna della luna

I saw it when I stepped into my teens...... It was Young Distance then..... But I have a hunch that's it's d same ......

I saw the film actually in a Italian Cinema course the writer/director (Vito Zagarrio) was teaching. He showed it and the end of the course due to the curiosity of his students. I took the course at NYU Florence in Italy.

Onto the film, I disagree with the plot summary on the "fairly obvious ending", but judge for yourself. The lead actress is great, the kid opposite her kind of sucks, but the on-location shooting of the film does volumes for it. Not a classic or masterpiece, but interesting to see a "B" Italian movie from the 1980's. Then again, if you have a choice between this one and "La città aperta", go with that one. Also, the soundtrack is unnecessarily cheesy and over-dramatic.

This movie is a quite interesting example of how a simple plot like this one can be enriched by the talent of the two main actors (Greta Scacchi and the kid). It's definitely not among the string of the best Italian movies of the late '80 (let me put clear, it's a B-movie!), but still has some good points like the wonderful Sicilian setting and the "gorgeous" acting of the leading actress Greta Scacchi. I have seen her in many other English and Australian movies, but I think that in this one she's at her top, more beautiful than ever (look for the sex scene in the motel's bedroom with the kid). Personally I think the mob story it's just an excuse for justifying the morbid curiosity of the director over Greta.