Italiano/Italian | Subs: Castellano/English .srt
101 Min | Divx 576x272 | 869 kb/s | 128 kb/s Mp3 | 25 fps
730 MB
Un periodista de izquierdas, en crisis tanto sentimental como
políticamente, visita el pueblo de sus orígenes y reflexiona sobre su
vida. (FILMAFFINITY)
In this slow-moving, sentimental drama, Vittorio (Enrico M. Salerno) is a
40-year-old journalist who reaches a mid-life crisis. His wife nags him
constantly for ignoring her and their child. After his mistress dumps
him, Vittorio returns to the town where he spent his childhood to
reflect on the state of his life. Flashbacks are used to tell of
Vittorio's relationship with his parents as a child and the effects
World War II had on his development. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Florestano Vancini is one of many great Italian filmmakers, once
prominent but now their work fallen by the wayside. Add THE SEASONS OF
OUR LOVE to his other masterpiece BLOW HOT, BLOW COLD (THE ISLAND) and
you have a maestro ripe for rediscovery.
The problem is obvious: many extremely talented directors, say Valerio
Zurlini and Franco Brusati as prime examples, had their brief moments
in the international sun but never graduated to the iconic, household
name status of a Fellini, Antonioni or Visconti. Vancini falls into
this group -coulda been a contender, but the mainstream he was working
in is no longer fashionable, especially, as more prolific, genre
directors (think horror, Westerns, sex films, action films) are
currently the popular figures from 40 years ago.
Case in point is SEASONS, a very, very serious romantic drama told
entirely from the point-of-view of over-the-hill protagonist Enrico
Maria Salerno (a subtle, forceful character actor). He is recalling his
lost love, the beautiful Jacqueline Sassard, while putting up with his
harridan of a wife. Film opens at a ski resort, and already the anomie
and coldness separating Salerno and Sassard is apparent.
Film's striking 'Scope/black & white visuals by Dario Di Palma often
evoke the work of Antonioni, certainly the most influential director of
this mid-sixties period, but Vancini is no copycat. The striking use of
architecture and landscape that Antonioni pioneered is merely part of
an Italian cinema vocabulary, largely dropped in more recent decades
(as passé?).
As he drives around, almost aimlessly (but in fact visiting crucial
locations from his past, including his parents' grave stones), Salerno
meets many of his old acquaintances (cueing flashbacks about them),
notably: Anouk Aimee, glamorous (unlike her Fellini incarnations) and
sympathetic married lady; Gastone Moschin, full of life as a guy who
fought with Salerno against the Fascists; and Gian Maria Volonte, a
Communist who has a dialectic conversation, ultimately ending in tears,
as the greatest of Italian thesps steals not only his scenes but the
movie.
At times Vancini even out-does Antonioni in the depiction of alienation
here -very impressive. Film's final reel is an open-ended tour de
force, unpredictable and elusive, which I won't spoil by describing it
here.
Sassard, whose wardrobe gets a special up-front credit, is stunningly
beautiful and perfectly cast. She made relatively few "quality" films
in her career, but her small part in the Zurlini picture VIOLENT SUMMER
and co-starring roles in Claude Chabrol's sublime LES BICHES and Joe
Losey's ACCIDENT add to SEASONS a short résumé that suggests she
deserved full-fledged stardom.
Salerno is impressive, and it is worth noting that when he turned to
directing he created THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN, one of the all-time
greatest romantic films, itself largely forgotten today.
Carlo Rustichelli completes the package with a mournful, evocative
score -this is a film (restored in 2001) that deserves belated export.
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