23rd december 2009, I'm facing a 3hours flight delay in Roma Fiumicino. It's just painful to be stuck in an airport terminal all afternoon when the sun is shining outside! But I don't complain, because (1) my flight was not cancelled (2) I had no connecting flight (3) I never experienced such delays and nothing compares to these days when people have to sleep on the terminal's ground.
And... I had a few DVDs in my hand luggage! including the 6 hours movie "La meglio gioventù" (in english "The Best of Youth"). I like this film. I first saw an extract (Giulia plays the piano in Florence for those who know the story) while I was learning italian. Then I borrowed the DVD with a friend of the italian course but because it is so long we stopped somewhere in the middle. This was in 2006. Three years later I finally bought the DVD after a Friday visit to the Feltrinelli bookshop and saved it for the Christmas holidays.
Now that I'm leaving in Rome and know better Italy it is even more meaningful! I like the beginning when the boys are students in Rome. Some things just haven't changed from the 70s!!! and make me smile :) the essence of Italy by italians. To make it short, it is the story of an italian family from the 60s to 2000. Crossing destinies based on the major events of a life and recent italian History- dreams, joy, death, a powerful mix!
The trailer (italian with french subtitles)
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