MEDITERRANEO
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1992 Ken Johnson
90 min., not rated, Drama, 1992, In Italian with English subtitles Director: Gabriele Salvatores Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigaglili, Guiseppe Cederna, Claudio Bilso, Luigi Alberti, Ugo Conti, Memo Dini, Vasco Mirandola, Luigi Montini, Irene Grazioli, Antonio Catania, Vanna Barba
Several Italian soldiers are sent to a Greek island for four months. After they arrive, their ship gets blown up. At first the island appears to be empty, but the soldiers who are cut off from the world soon, find the villagers. The soldiers have to start new lives on the island because they can't get off of it.
MEDITERRANEO is a wonderful film, and I strongly urge you to go see it. The film completely entertained me for the full hour and a half, but I wished that it was longer because I found myself wanting to know more about the soldiers. I am really glad that I got to go see this film and I feel that it is worth full ticket price, whatever it is. On a scale of zero to five, I give MEDITERRANEO a five. MEDITERRANEO is not rated but contains female nudity, adult situations, and explicit language.
The locations used for the film were great; the island is beautiful, especially in the mountain country and in the bay area. The shots overlooking the ocean are fascinating and really made me want to go visit this island. The people on the island were well portrayed, which added to the film.
The film has comedy sprinkled through it, which I found made the film more enjoyable. I tend to like a film better when it makes me laugh a few times. The plot is not overpowering and is one that I don't think I have seen before. The soldiers were interesting people, they were given personalities, traits, hobbies, etc. The actors who portrayed the soldiers did a great job. I am glad that this film won an Oscar for the best foreign language film in the 1992 Oscars because I feel that it really deserved it.
MEDITERRANEO I think is the best film that I have seen this year and ranks as one of my favorite films out of all the films that I have seen. It is just a great film in its cinematography, directing, acting, and story line. If you tend to like foreign films, definitely go see this one even if you have to travel to do so.
Ken J. blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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