Caos calmo (2008)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Antonello Grimaldi

Writers:

Sandro Veronesi (book) and
Nanni Moretti (writer)

Release Date:

26 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.

Plot Keywords:

School | Brother | Marriage | Anal Sex | Gym Class

Awards:

9 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Nanni Moretti	...	Pietro Paladini
Valeria Golino	...	Marta
Alessandro Gassman	...	Carlo Paladini
Isabella Ferrari	...	Eleonora Simoncini
Silvio Orlando	...	Samuele
Blu Di Martino	...	Claudia Paladini (as Blu Yoshimi)
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Jean-Claude
Roberto Nobile	...	Taramanni
Alba Rohrwacher	...	Annalisa
Manuela Morabito	...	Maria Grazia
Kasia Smutniak	...	Jolanda
Beatrice Bruschi	...	Benedetta
Sara D'Amico	...	Francesca
Babak Karimi	...	Mario
Tatiana Lepore	...	Mamma di Matteo

Also Known As:

Quiet Chaos (Europe: English title) (festival title) (International: English title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | UK

Language:

Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated | South Korea:18

Company:

Fandango

Trivia:

Isabella Ferrari nearly drowned in the first scene of the film.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Last scene, when the BMW starts to drive away, the camera is visible in the black car, parking next to the BMW.

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

Pyramid Song

enjoyable but not great

The story is surely a good one and the actors all pretty good. The problem I had, and apparently it is a shared view, is that this movie has many unnecessary scenes and superficially shot details which make the result not quite as good as it could have been. A few examples? The first scene with the drowning women is just unbelievable (the sea seems totally calm, it is almost hilarious); the shots in Venice (the only reason I can see is that the film troupe wanted a little break there); the erotic scene between two not so young/not so beautiful actors (pity this scene wasn't between the gorgeous young girl and the brother of the main character, that might have been not necessary either, but at least enjoyable!) the cloying bits with the handicapped; the idealised and quite stereotypical depiction of the Roman school piazza as a nice and friendly environment; the beautiful young girl with the dog so interested in Moretti; even the end titles, with the pelouche monkey name listed... finally the music choice was quite cheesy. Anyway I would lie to say I was not entertained watching it. 6,5/10