The best thing about this movie is Venice, shown in its less touristy, more intimate corners. Main characters Valeria and Enrico walk their way through the whole city without a specific reason, except promoting the city for your next holiday.
Still relatively young and attractive, Valeria and Enrico look more like brother and sister, with the same square jaws, abundant dark hair and cold stare, but they're actually married. In fact, they split up seven years previously but divorce was not legal in Italy until 1974, therefore they are still married, although Valeria lives with another man.
Enrico asked Valeria to come to Venice for mysteryour reasons which he seems reluctant to divulge and while they walk and talk, they have the time to reminisce about their happy past in the city. Unfortunately, their conversation has nothing of the fluidity of movies such "Before sunrise". Enrico seems mean spirited and Valeria mostly angry.
Looks like the split was caused by Enrico's infidelities, but he's resentful and jealous of Valeria and she's still "in love" with him (whatever that may means) despite acknowledging that her present life makes her feel safer. Putting it bluntly, they seems two people stuck with sexual attraction and incapable to understand each other beyond stereotypical male-female roles.
Add the "incurable sickness" and the overbearing soundtrack and you have the grown-up version of Love Story, the "dying young" theme that was so popular in the 70s. Some say "very 70s" feeling nostalgic. Me... not so much.
Still relatively young and attractive, Valeria and Enrico look more like brother and sister, with the same square jaws, abundant dark hair and cold stare, but they're actually married. In fact, they split up seven years previously but divorce was not legal in Italy until 1974, therefore they are still married, although Valeria lives with another man.
Enrico asked Valeria to come to Venice for mysteryour reasons which he seems reluctant to divulge and while they walk and talk, they have the time to reminisce about their happy past in the city. Unfortunately, their conversation has nothing of the fluidity of movies such "Before sunrise". Enrico seems mean spirited and Valeria mostly angry.
Looks like the split was caused by Enrico's infidelities, but he's resentful and jealous of Valeria and she's still "in love" with him (whatever that may means) despite acknowledging that her present life makes her feel safer. Putting it bluntly, they seems two people stuck with sexual attraction and incapable to understand each other beyond stereotypical male-female roles.
Add the "incurable sickness" and the overbearing soundtrack and you have the grown-up version of Love Story, the "dying young" theme that was so popular in the 70s. Some say "very 70s" feeling nostalgic. Me... not so much.