[Reellife] The Wonders of rural Italy

[dave olsen]

Right now at the Cinematheque <http://thecinematheque.ca/> in Vancouver, /The 
Wonders/ <http://thecinematheque.ca/the-wonders> will show you what it looks 
like to see civilization ooze into a rural family's life in central Italy.

The focus is on the father and oldest daughter's (Gelsomina) relationship; he's 
German and it shows, bordering on unstable, and she's loving and like all 
children, wanting to please.  Her younger sisters are a delight and the mom is 
the hard-working cog that keeps it all together.

But the poverty/false hopes of civilization create most of the instability in 
this family's life.  Add in a very typically Italian version of reality TV and 
you'll see the recipe for lotto-like disaster appear before your very eyes.

Alice Rohrwacher’s film is artfully and gently done, doing full justice to the 
beginning of Gelsomina's transition from childhood to adulthood.

/The Wonders/ <http://thecinematheque.ca/the-wonders> plays 4 more times at the 
Cinematheque <http://thecinematheque.ca/>, including tonight:
Saturday, July 25 @ 6:30
Sunday, July 26 @ 6:30
Monday, July 27 @ 9:00 and
Wednesday, July 29 @ 9:00
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Warmly,
dave/
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