![]() ![]() Marta apologizes to Agnese after asking a doctor to check that her chastity is intact, and she is clearly burdened by her past, which is never laid out but feeds her paranoia. ![]() Characters who have been caricatures elsewhere, like the pious, repressive mother, are never thrown under the bus here. The director and co-writers Luca Infascelli, Carlo Salsa and Greta Scicchitano, critique assumptions about class - the cosseted Agnese isn’t above shoplifting, while Stefano’s parents are forced to move into a trailer identical to those inhabited by the Roma he so despises - as well as religion. Stefano is trying to leave a life of petty crime behind, but he’s harassed at work by his “ gippo” neighbors, who endanger his continued employment by tearing down the parking lot’s fence and caving in windshields. The burgeoning romance is deftly handled by De Paolis, and in Liberati he’s found a charismatic anchor, one able to thread a convincing tenderness into a portrait of a kind man with ironclad prejudices. ![]()
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