There is a lot in this movie: an economical issue (suthern Italy poverty in the 70 's), the role of society's rules on kids behaviour, the tension between two completely different cultures in one country (the big, rich city of the North and the small rural village in the south), the developement of ten years old Michele's personality... I loved the richness and complexity of this movie, its capacity of capturing in few images so much about italian society. The description of the small village, its poverty and squalor, the humanity of people is great. The camera is used in a very interesting way, focusing from a child's point of view, from child's height. We see what a child would see, the summer's bright colour and the freedom of running through the fields all day long. Michele doesn't initially understand about kidnapping, he just feel that the crazy-like creature in the hole is a child just like him. He doesn't know why the kid is hidden there, tied by a chain. But he decides to relief his suffering, to bring him out of the hole, to let him see the sun on the wheat's field.
Review of I'm Not Scared
