Friday, January 01, 2016
Glasnost
Today's film is about the good old days that are still going on in Russia today.
By "good" I write ironically.
Non accettare i sogni dagli sconosciuti / Dreams From Strangers (2014)
has not been seen by many people and is not reviewed very much. Not at all, actually.
It is a spotty Italian film combining a fictional story with real life events with strange insertions of silent movie footage which seems to have a parallel but is not clear. Arty just short of pretentious, a bit too full of itself. Perhaps padding a shorter film to flesh it out as a feature.
It is a hash.
But a good one.
I enjoyed it greatly.
The love story between an Italian swimmer competing in Petersburg Russia and a translator is sweet and touching.
What happens is left to be seen in the film. It is a repeat of the same forces which repressed homosexuals in our own country for many decades.
Thugs. The system. All working to kick some queer ass.
I would be willing to see this again any time. A 4 out of Netflix5.
