Saturday, June 29, 7:00 pm, Castro Theatre • Bay Area première •
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| Croce e delizia (An Almost Ordinary Summer) |
Two families, mostly meeting for the first time and with seemingly almost nothing in common, spend a summer holiday together at the seaside. The reason for their joint vacation is for the patriarchs of the two families to announce that they are getting married — to one another. Both families are shocked and resist this unexpected development with what were clearly supposed to be comedic antics. However, the central couple lacks any sense of why they are together: except for a very few brief moments of tenderness between them, they come across as being as much in different worlds as their children are. Apparently the incessant bickering between the two men, and between each of them and his family, and between one family and the other, is somehow supposed to be funny, but to say it fell flat is beyond understatement. Definitely one of the most disappointing films at this year’s Frameline, and categorically NOT RECOMMENDED.
Note: the Italian title, Croce e delizia, literally means “cross and delight,” or more idiomatically “curse and blessing,” but An Almost Ordinary Summer is the official English title.
Note: the Italian title, Croce e delizia, literally means “cross and delight,” or more idiomatically “curse and blessing,” but An Almost Ordinary Summer is the official English title.
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