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Italian Film Festival 2005


Seven Beauties posterSeven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)

This film is highly regarded by many, and it can only be for the final act and its powerful portrayal of self-interest winning over moral right. Sadly the impact of the final scenes is diminished by the ponderously slow journey we take in getting there.


Rating: Rating = 6
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 3
Review by Mark Lavercombe


Swept Away posterSwept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto)

Sadly, it seems that although there is much being offered here by way of subtext - political commentary on class and socialism, gender equality, and the changing roles of men and women in 1970's society - there is just too much being said to allow a coherent point to be made.


Rating: Rating = 7
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 5
Review by Mark Lavercombe




Italian Film Festival 2005 - Official Site




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