Review by paolocammelli

This is one of the three movies I consider the pillars of my young adult informal formation. So iconic for many different reasons. First we have Valerio Mastandrea as Walter, the main character - a lost philosophy student - and my favourite italian actor. Second the solidity of a script coming from the book of Giuseppe Culicchia and readapted by the author himself and Davide Ferrario, the director. Third the music department literally invaded by CSI (former CCCP) one of the few original and noticeable contemporary Italian bands. If you add all the three ingredients you get a miracle. A perfect imperfect movie (perhaps like some period of our lives) depicting a young guy that doesn't fit anywhere. This is the personification of sociological concept of 'liquid society' by Zigmunt Bauman, probably not on purpose though. The portrait of a lost soul left without guidance from the past and alone and depressed about the future. As the CSI well dress with one of their most famous songs: 'io sto bene, io sto male, io non so come stare' ('I'm good, I'm not good, I don't know how I should feel'). This is truly a masterpiece to watch. PS: The other two pillars for those interested are: Piovono Mucche (2002) and SLC Punk! (1998).