The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco Bellocchio's sisters) because her mother Sara is trying to succeed as an actress in Milan. Her uncle Giorgio has a difficult relationship with his sister and judges her for not taking care of her daughter. But as soon as Sara can afford it, she offers to take Elena with her, leaving the village and her aunts, perhaps for ever - while Giorgio, up to his eyeballs in debt, takes refuge in Bobbio. His sister will help him and sell a house.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
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