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Remember Me, My Love (2004)
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Synopsis: Italian director Gabriele Muccino (THE LAST KISS) directs this tale of a modern family who is on the verge of unraveling. On the surface, the Ristuccia family appears to have it all: Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) has a well-paying, secure job; Giulia (Laura Morante) is getting more beautiful... Italian director Gabriele Muccino (THE LAST KISS) directs this tale of a modern family who is on the verge of unraveling. On the surface, the Ristuccia family appears to have it all: Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) has a well-paying, secure job; Giulia (Laura Morante) is getting more beautiful with age; 18-year-old Valentina (Nicoletta Romanoff) has dreams of dancing stardom; and 19-year-old Paolo (Silvio Muccino) has fallen in love. But, as is the case with most things in life, desperation and hopelessness lie just around the corner. When Carlo bumps into a former flame (Monica Bellucci), the floodgates of passion are opened. Meanwhile, the other characters must confront demons of their own. After a near-fatal tragedy, the family is finally forced to confront its downward spiral. Muccino's bittersweet drama critically yet empathetically captures the lives of these tender souls. He uses sweeping Steadicam cinematography to reflect the swirling emotions within each character, and layers the picture with stacks of pop music. But Muccino's greatest talent lies in casting. As the conflicted Carlo, Bentivoglio shines, while Romanoff and Muccino (the director's brother) are completely natural in their roles. But the film's real standouts are Morante and Bellucci, two of the world's most beautiful actresses, who somehow manage to present themselves with a heartbreakingly believable fragility. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Monica Belluci, Silvio Muccino, Nicoletta Romanoff
Screenwriter: Heidrun Schleef, Gabriele Muccino
Producer: Domenico Procacci
Composer: Paolo Buonvino
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 3, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region (unknown)
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 English
Additional Release Material:
- Previews
Reviews
Gabriele Muccino essentially subjects the audience to what Giulia subjects her family to in the film: a lot of unnecessary drama.
The film works as a slice of life but has nothing valuable to say about people or the way they conduct their relationships.
Even Monica Bellucci as Carlo's former girlfriend can't save it from mediocrity.
I liked it; you may not. It may come down to your level of fascination with people who scream and gesture wildly in melodramatic Italian.
The people in Remember Me, My Love evaporate the minute the lights come up.
For such a downbeat story, the film is full of humor and vivacity. The characters, though frustrated and delusional, are fully realized by the exceptional cast.
Gabriele Muccino cunningly plays his characters as a unit and as individuals, allowing for a continual series of dramatic vignettes.
Remember Me, My Love might sound like a love story, but it makes romance look pretty bleak.
A lively if overlong movie that allows for the full spectrum of human emotion and behavior.
Achieves the dubious distinction of featuring a large gallery of nearly all unlikable characters.
There just doesn't seem the need for this much needy self-absorption.
The movie is being sold as a romance with the tag line: 'Some loves are never forgotten.' But the only love evident here is self-love, and the overall feel is disturbingly soulless.
It's a narcissist's picnic; all of the characters are so unapologetically selfish in their passion to maximize their human potential that it's difficult to care about any of them, one way or another.
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