Solino
Time Out says
This bitter-sweet family saga is pitched between the nostalgia of Cinema Paradiso and the melancholia of Once Upon a Time in America. The opening section, with the Amato family relocating to Germany in the mid-'60s to set up a pizzeria, is the most sickly, with a cutie-pie young protagonist and too many polkas squeezed out as glue for the piecemeal scene setting. But momentum builds, and come the '70s, with budding film-maker Gigi and and his jealous brother Giancarlo now free-living students, their accumulation of petty slights and betrayals becomes genuinely compelling. The opposition of bustling Germany and laidback Italy is used as a framework for the differences of character and ethics that run down the middle of the family.
Details
Release details
Rated:
15
Duration:
120 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Fatih Akin
Screenwriter:
Ruth Toma, Sebastino Toma
Cast:
Christian Tasche
Barnaby Metschurat
Tiziana Lodato
Antonella Attil
Moritz Bleibtreu
Annika Schmitz
Patrycia Ziolkowska
Nicola Cutrignelli
Michele Ranieri
Gigi Savoia
Vincent Schiavelli
Barnaby Metschurat
Tiziana Lodato
Antonella Attil
Moritz Bleibtreu
Annika Schmitz
Patrycia Ziolkowska
Nicola Cutrignelli
Michele Ranieri
Gigi Savoia
Vincent Schiavelli