Friday, September 30, 2016

Se dio vuole (2015)

Also Known As: God willing
Year of first release: 2015
Director: Edoardo Maria Falcone
Actors: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassman
Country: I
Genre: Comedy
Conditions of visioning: 26.09.2016, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, Italian version with German subtitles
Synopsis: When his son decides to be priest and no more study medicine, the expert surgeon Doctor Tomasso (Giallini) is bluffed. He is so excellent, so open, so progressist. He investigates by stalking his son and discovers that he has been influenced by the charismatic Don Pietro (Gassman). The way to get rid of the Catholicism in his family leads him to encounter the behaviour of Don Pietro.
Review: On one side it is really nice to see a movie in which the tolerant atheists and the tolerant Christians are both depicted without being set in contradiction nor polarising the audience. In that sense the story demonstrates that as long as we all want the good for the other, and love the other, nobody cares about one's religion. Well. It is a bit simplistic and works as counter balance in front of the multiple polemics on the Catolic Church. 
The acting duel is quite nice. Both main actors Giallini and Gassman have charisma and you know what happens when they enter in the frame. This duel is nice to see as arguments are not only verbal but by gestures, beliefs and facts. This makes the movie very interesting. 
Some locations are amazing. The old church, the view on Roma by night from the terrace.
Rating: 4 /10

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