While the plot of the movie is interesting nothing really develops out of it, having watched from start to finish I will say that there's something there that could and should be expanded on.
The beginning starts off nicely and sets the stage for the story of the movie but there's really character development aside from the main character has made friends, I will say that the end of the movie where the main character stabs themself in the neck with some glass and then wakes up in the Hospital should have ended with the main character waking up to see their father sitting by their bed and then followed by dialogue of their father telling them that he accepts them for who they are then the movie ends with the main character hugging their father. Though it didn't end that way the main character just wakes up looks in the mirror there's no audio just a silent scream then the movie fades to black there's no real resolution to it.
Plot summary
Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a world of the marginalized, to which the rest of the city turns a blind eye. But one day the past catches up and Davide has to face the most difficult choice, this time alone.
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April 05, 2022 at 07:23 PM
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interesting plot point but goes nowhere
Interesting, but hard to fathom.
I'm a bit at a loss what to think of this movie, since there's not really a plot to give you some hold, the story (if any) seems to drift about without any head or tail.
Davide, a young androgynous teen with a troubled relationship with his father, roams the streets of some Italian city and hooks-up with a group of young male prostitutes and travestites. We see him and his friends having fun, quarrelling, shop-lifting, and trying to lure customers. In alternate scenes we see Davide back home, having a hard time with his angry father and his powerless sad mother. Funny how his appearance changes with the context: at home a spotless white shirt and neatly combed hair, on the streets casual or flamboyant clothes and a wild angelic hair-do. The movie ends abruptly, after Davide commits an unexpected and harsh act. His motive is left in the dark: out of despair because his naive infatuation was spurned? Or maybe to generate at last some recognition by his father? Most of the cast seem hardly to act at all, they just hang out, chatter and bicker. Young actor Davide Capone as Davide is impressive without much words but all the more with his pose and expressions.
Anyway, I would say an interesting film but a bit hard to fathom. It's a bit like a Larry Clark movie, but less cynical and fortunately without leaving that typical Clark feeling of young actors being exploited. It's a pity that I do not know the agenda or purpose of director and (co) writer Sebastiano Riso for this project.