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First off the bat i really like this movie. I read in a review it was about human flexibility of coping with hardship and they were absolutely right. The movie gets to you the moment one starts watching it, the story is like a book that you want to finish in one swing.

The movie La nostra Vita is a movie with a distinct theme: Survival and Hope. At first the movie may be a little hard to keep up with as one just gets thrown in between an Italian family and their famous rapid conversations. However, at the important key points in the story the appropriate time is taken and the results in many beautiful scenes.

For this movie some experience with film theatre style movies is required as one has to stay focused and there are some scenes with small fragile play at times through which the real story is told. For those with the patience there are many rewards: There are raw emotions, deep scenes and especially haunting ones.

It dawned upon me after leaving the theatre that there were a lot of ideas the director wants you to see. The main idea this movie made clear to me is the sense of awareness and feel of duty a single dad of 3 can have, despite his errors and flaw in character, in order to save his family. Small subthemes like corruption discrimination, raising of children and relations with family are present and make the movie a nice whole.

For me as a non-Italian I really like the opportunity i got to peek into another culture and to hear and experience their language. On a small sidenote the movie suffers from not so great music and is at times a bit chaotic which unfortunately lowered my score to an 8.

For anyone looking for a real movie experience this will be a nice recommendation!

Daniele Luchetti directly stages the existence at times typical of Claudio, but thanks to some subtle and specific touches gives us back one of the truest and most intense portraits of a society and of a man who ultimately create a Life.

The movie immediately assumes a very direct vision in showing the passage of time and events, which for many will surely prove slow and heavy, as well as apparently unoriginal.

Instead, the director's careful approach to revealing everyday situations in such a simple and strong way, albeit stained by tragedy, amply highlights the more introspective aspect of the characters' feelings, not at all emphasized in a cinematically artificial way.

From here Lucchetti also stages a not so indifferent look at the working situation of a country where, as often emphasized by the characters, the thing that matters most is money, both as a source of livelihood but above all as one to get more and more, adding to this the emblematic theme of immigration and illegal foreign workers.

Elio Germano once again shows the inimitable naturalness with which he manages to give real completeness to Claudio, a man whose every side and feeling we look at 100%, in his not at so obvious way of facing, before and after the loss of Elena, his own existence, by "eluding" with more or less legitimate means the overwhelming complications that do not prevent him from building a personal and social context in the most solid way, exposing his character halfway between determination and suffering in a much deeper and variegated way than it may seem.

This remains a very intriguing picture that touches the most social and personal levels to demonstrate the many faces of the exploitation of one's means, human or otherwise, and the sense of proceeding with your life despite everything and in the most complicated but rightful way.

I saw this movie in Vancouver, after having seen 15 movies selected from across the spectrum. I thoroughly enjoyed the script, the acting and the direction. I am very sensitive to generalizations of race or culture, and resent themes that play to a lowest common denominator and therefore I was constantly being relieved when an obvious theme of Italian culture - like loyalty among family was given a modern and genuine lift...at every stage I thought the script presented us with the obvious assumptions we have of Italians and then took us to a more subtle and thoughtfull response - never more so than when the character of Claudio confronts the young Romanian son of the immigrant worker and tries to tell him 'what's what' in the real world. The young man, more wise and thoughtful of the two forces Claudio to re-think his position. Personal growth, hope - what else can we want? My only complaint? The theme song played one too many times for me....

One of the best movies I have ever seen. Because of the feeling I can't get away after I saw it. for me director's work with the actor was more than amazing. this movie was very touching because of that one scene which could never be better.the timing of the funeral scene is just perfect. i mean you couldn't do better - you want to see more and that's the moment when the scene ends. just perfect. first scene and that scene is connected together, but it doesn't matter if you see those scenes with the English subtitles or not. there are still enough emotions. i would really like to suggest this movie to everyone: it doesn't matter if you feel sad or happy, that will touch you. and i mean it.and that is the main reason why we are doing movies at all.

full of good intentions. too large, almost confuse, chaotic, stage for many characters and acts.seductive. for its nuances. interesting. for family links as bricks. power. for the image of present Italy. sad. for the steps of sense search. sweet. for the colors of love. strange. for the presence of past as seed of a kind of happiness. romantic. for the courage to discover feelings, errors, hopes of an ordinary character who may be each man. profound. for the science to travel in the womb of unspoken words. beautiful. for its honesty, for a lot of image, for fragile gestures, for the dust and beach and kids and a fight without recipes or winner. nice. for presence of Raoul Bova in strange role and for problem of Romanians in Italy as not minor detail. out of description. for science to tell a story as mirror of each existence.