
#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – The film begins in the 1920’s, in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (a.k.a. Baaria) where Giuseppe “Peppino” Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next 50 years Giuseppe’s life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl (Mannina), has children and forges a political career for himself.
Plot: Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
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Looking back with self indulgence
I was very disturbed by this film and not the kind of disturbance a Polanski or a Pasolini may provide but a disturbance that goes beyond what was on the screen. The Italians tend to be so strict, so serious when it comes to films by an “auteur” so, how is it they give Giuseppe Tornatore a thumbs up for this sentimental without sentiment, two and a half hours television commercial? I kept waiting for the film to start but it never does. Headlines without the article that explains it. Snippets, sketches enveloped in lots and lots of sticky music. This could perfectly have been the work of an American director who’s never been to Sicily. A children’s coloring book. I’m so puzzled
A Very Personal Epic
The film was received last night with an ovation. I was there in the audience, applauding. What a beautiful looking film! That was last night, today I found myself in difficulty trying to describe what I had seen. Where to start? With a kid running? Or, with Giuseppe Tornatore himself, a skillful craftsman with too much power? I suppose Tornatore is what I’ve carried with me from the experience. He tried to give us a “1900” but just hinting at the highs and lows with pretty pictures and Ennio Morricone. More Zeffirelli than Visconti. More Richard Attenborough than Bernardo Bertolucci. We in Italy need to see one of our most successful directors as an artist, as a man of culture. That’s a trap an inhuman trap. The superficiality of “Baaria” is disguised by alluding to great themes with heavy “artistic” moments, dream like, magic realism, slow motion, but at the end of the day the superficiality shows up. Some of my favorite films appear superficial when in reality they are not. But I get terribly impatient when the opposite is true. I don’t want to be negative towards this effort and I’m sure it will find a large audience all over the world I just don’t want it to be presented to me like the serious work of a great artist because it’s not. I loved Tornatore’s “A Pure Formality” and the first part of “Cinema Paradiso” From “Baaria” I loved the beautiful faces of the two new comers in the leading roles and most of the score. I found the brief appearances by famous Italian actors entertaining but distracting. Perhaps that was the intention. Now, all said and done I will urge you to see it and make up your own mind.
Original Language it
Runtime 2 hr 43 min (163 min)
Budget 35000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Giuseppe Tornatore
Writer Giuseppe Tornatore (story and screenplay)
Actors Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina
Country Italy, France
Awards Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 23 nominations.
Production Company Medusa Film
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Panavision Primo Lenses, Arricam ST, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor S.p.a., Roma, Italy
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)