Once more "based on a real story" doesn't necessarily make for a great plot. In this case, the starting point was the idea of an eccentric young engineer, Giorgio Rosa, to build his own island and live according to his own rules.
He ended up with a concrete platform just outside Italian coastal waters and at a convenient distance from Rimini. This platform was used as a discotheque during a single summer and then destroyed. Not much of a story, but the plot of the movie is inventive and makes the narration more or less interesting.
It's all based on Giorgio's eccentric personality and his love story with Gabriella. Add a weirdo friend, a German deserter and a pregnant barista and you get a motley cast.
Unfortunately at least one third of the story takes place in the world of Italian politicians, bent on destroying the island. This part drags the movie down, it's repetitive and the satirical intentions too diluted to have any impact. Besides, one doesn't really understand what was Giorgio going to do on the platform except holding a summer job without paying taxes.
Anyway an enjoyable film with a great soundtrack that will make everybody nostalgic for the summer of 69..
He ended up with a concrete platform just outside Italian coastal waters and at a convenient distance from Rimini. This platform was used as a discotheque during a single summer and then destroyed. Not much of a story, but the plot of the movie is inventive and makes the narration more or less interesting.
It's all based on Giorgio's eccentric personality and his love story with Gabriella. Add a weirdo friend, a German deserter and a pregnant barista and you get a motley cast.
Unfortunately at least one third of the story takes place in the world of Italian politicians, bent on destroying the island. This part drags the movie down, it's repetitive and the satirical intentions too diluted to have any impact. Besides, one doesn't really understand what was Giorgio going to do on the platform except holding a summer job without paying taxes.
Anyway an enjoyable film with a great soundtrack that will make everybody nostalgic for the summer of 69..