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Michela Cescon,
Vitaliano Trevisan,
Roberto Comacchio,
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Matteo Garrone
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: Strand Home Video
: Drama, Foreign, Italy, Erotica
: 94 min.
: Italian
: English
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An artist's strange obsessions take a grim toll on the woman he's fascinated with in this drama from Italy. Vittorio (Vitaliano Trevisan) is a jewelry designer who is set up on a blind date with Sonia (Michela Cescon), a attractive woman whose figure is slightly zaftig but well proportioned. Over the course of their date, Vittorio, an obsessive artist who doesn't do well in contact with others, tells Sonia, who is close to few people besides her brother, that he would be more interested in her if she lost some weight. Sonia is miffed at Vittorio's blunt statement, but he persuades her to spend more time with him, and as she grows fond of him, she accepts his offer to move in with him. Soon, Vittorio has put Sonia on a strict regimen of diet and exercise, in a bid to reduce her weight; as he becomes increasingly obsessed with her body, her hunger and exhaustion begin to cause hallucinations, and soon she can no longer tell what around her is real and what is imagined. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
August 23, 2005 - 8:38 PM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Controlling creeps appear to be the staple of Matteo Garrone's stable, if his last two films--"The Embalmer" and now PRIMO AMORE are any indication. The creep in his latest may be better looking, but the need to control is no less ferocious (if subtler) and the results every bit as bad. The budget is bigger this time 'round, which makes for a more prettily-wrapped package. Someone has a philosophy here (I am not certain if it belongs to director/co-writer Garrone or to his lead male character) involving opposing factors of weight and value. It's sick but fascinating, and your ability to withstand it may depend on how eager you are to witness prolonged, enforced anorexia. Good performances abound, as do nice cinematography, editing and sound. And the restaurant scene late in the film is priceless, bordering on--forget that--collapsing into sheer hilarity. Clearly not for every taste, this movie may make you quite hungry--for both a good meal and a character with which you can identify, even briefly. |
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