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Fasten Your Seatbelts
Original Title
Allacciate le Cinture- Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
- Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek
- Producer: Tilde Corsi; Gianni Romoli
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Definitely, the weakest film from Mr Ozpetek in quite some while...
It is beautifully filmed, played with finesse and directed with the usual amount of skill you would expect from Ozpetek.
However, it all seems so familiar...the beauty falls for a bit of rough who can't cope when the proverbial hits the fan....in walks the gay best friend - to save the day.
It needed to deliver more - but, it is a decent, forgettable film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Elena (Kasia Smutniak) and Antonio (Francesco Arca) seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to. This dramedy on relationships also gets a very credible performance from Paola Miraccione, who plays the tragic, albeit funny, character Egle.
Cast & Characters
Kasia Smutniak as Elena;
Francesco Arca as Antonio;
Filippo Scicchitano as Fabio;
Carolina Crescentini as Silvia;
Paola Minaccioni as Egle;
Elena Sofia Ricci as Viviana / Dora;
Francesco Scianna as Giorgio;
Carla Signoris as Anna;
Luisa Ranieri as Maricla;
Giulia Michelini as Diana