Perduto amor (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Franco Battiato

Writers:

Franco Battiato (story)
Franco Battiato (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

16 May 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Corrado Fortuna	...	Ettore Corvaja
Donatella Finocchiaro	...	Mary
Anna-Maria Gherardi	...	Augusta (as Anna Maria Gherardi)
Lucia Sardo	...	Nerina
Antonino Bruschetta	...	Luigi (as Ninni Bruschetta)
Manlio Sgalambro	...	Martino Alliata
Tiziana Lodato	...	La vivace
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Tommaso Pasini
Nicole Grimaudo	...	Raffaella
Rada Rassimov	...	Clara Pasini
Luca Vitrano	...	Ettore as a child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simone Bartolini
Juri Camisasca
Marco Castoldi
Saro Cosentino	...	Chitarrista
Francesco De Gregori	...	Uomo al bar
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti	...	Il separatista
Carmelo Galati	...	Mario
Maurizio		(as Maurizio Arcieri)
Moltheni
Alberto Radius
Elisabetta Sgarbi

Also Known As:

PERDUToAMOR (Italy) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

USA:115 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Company:

L'Ottava

Soundtrack:

QUANDO PIOVE SULLA SPIAGGIA

A pleasure for the senses

Battiato seems terrific familiar with a medium you would think he's not familiar with such as Cinema. "Perduto Amore" is not a musical but music means a lot to this film. I'm not speaking of music as the traditional accompanying part of the soundtrack (which in this film is fulfilled in a very sober way)but of music as a subject matter and symbol of the sublime. In the same way play a very relevant role philosophy, magic and beauty (in several social forms such as aristocracy, music and art scene, not-yet-emancipated-women-of-low-classes, who already find a way to a responsible and conscious life in their daily things, and just simple events). The main character's perspective leads most of the time but sometimes the perspective shifts to the audience's. The screen shows the impossible geography of a dream (which is the whole film- and life as an off-voice says at the very beginning of the film). Language is almost as relevant as music and the function of the figure's voices is if not realistic surely thought provoking and clearly one of Battiato's greatest achievements. "Perduto amore" is a great pleasure for the eyes (light and impossible geography)and for the ears (music and language). I think, this film proves that art is more than the simply mastery of the medium.