Armand A gorgeous Rome. Few friends. Some tensions. And a lost. Nothing new, impressive or strange. Only little drops of cinnamon atmosphere. It is an old poem. Every word is known. Every sound is familiar. So, it is not good or bad; it is only madlene of experiences of life, movies, books, dreams, desires. Stefano Accorsi is beautiful but he remains a smoke statue. Pierfrancesco Favino is interesting and may be the axis of movie; but in the last part is only piece of stage. The characters are paper cakes. And the good intentions, larges, are only... intentions. The film talks about the things of ordinary past. For the Bovary's clones or paseistics, for the sensitives guys or for a white night may be a good gift. But not more. That the seeds of a new day makes the old lyrics only flakes of ash.

greenylennon I don't know how to feel about this movie. I wanted to like it, but I haven't really liked it. Everybody talked in an enthusiastic way about it, but I can't find many original things. The themes recur too much in Italian cinema, the story could be developed in another way and the director Ferzan Ozpetek relied a lot upon his previous films. But I gave 7 in any case because the soundtrack is amazingly sensual and wraps up the movie well, because Rome is particularly gorgeous here, and because no one could imagine Ambra Angiolini could give such a performance: her character, Roberta, is a drug addict 30-something fond of astrology, sharp and realistic under her silent, tender fragility.

nolfese A good cast - Ambra Angiolini is stunning, Serra Yilmaz is captivating, Margherita Buy is lovely and Lunetta Savino is herself, eminently watchable although memories of "raccontami" surface "in continuo". Precluding the utterly banal homosexual sub-plot which by now we're all completely bored with the film is quite engaging. There are some lovely scenes from the streets of Rome and the film is very true to modern everyday parlance. The question that remains after watching it is, "what were you trying to tell me Ferzan?". Perhaps he didn't want to say anything but just felt like making a film about some average people, in which case he should have chucked out the homosexual aspect altogether.One of the best aspects of this film is the theme song that goes with it which was written and performed by Neffa. The video is excellent - even if it doesn't quite concentrate enough on Ambra Angiolini!Nearly but not quite - three out of ten.

leonardofilmgroup Ennio Fantastichini, a wonderful Italian stage actor, weeps as he watches Meryl Streep in , I believe, "Out of Africa" He also establishes he is not gay but a fagot..."Isn't that the same thing?" "Yes, but I'm old fashioned" is his replay. I wish the tone had been like that, a bit more Almodovaresque. There is a need to be deep in Oztepek's world and that makes everything seem banal. Even death. Well I don't want to be too harsh. The Turkish filmmaker is one of the best Italian directors around but his universe seems to be tiny, tiny, tiny. He has a wonderful eye for beautiful men - Luca Argentero, a veteran from the the reality show "Big Brother" is scrumptious and Pier Francesco Favino is, without question, one of the best actors we've got. But, what was the film about? Friendship? Love? Death? Ping Pong? I couldn't tell and that's why I couldn't get into it. It seemed like a random trip without destination. Maybe that's it, maybe its about the aimless wondering of us humans during our brief stint on this earth. Wow! Around tables talking - with Sierra Yilmaz as a constant comic relief and a couple of wonderful moments. I wish the daringness that is, quite clearly, within Oztepek's range, could go all the way and tell us, in no uncertain terms, what its all about. He has the talent, the vision and the sensibility. Now he needs a story and a full proof script. Maybe next time.