(2007) The Right Distance/ La giusta distanza
(In Italian with English subtitles)
DRAMA/ MYSTERY THRILLER
Co-written and directed by Carlo Mazzacurati that centers on a small town or community called Concadabero that has 18 year old teenager, Giovanni (Giovanni Capovilla) wanting to leave the family household of his younger brother, widowed dad and his aunt Giacinta to pursue journalism. He kind of does between his small community and a bigger city for a guy name Maurizio Bencivegna (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) with instructions to go under a different name, Franco whose also the name of one of his friends played by Natalino Balasso. One day a young lady from Brazil, Mara de Rosa (Valentina Lodovini) moves into the community, and it is supposed to be temporary as a Grade 1 teacher. And during her stay, the community's mechanic, Arab Italian Hasan bin Chaib becomes infatuated with her. He does this by driving up to her place at night and just stares at whatever she does through the window, while he's standing outside. At the same time, there's a serial dog killer happening around the area. And as Giovanni continues to write articles for the community using a different alias, we are then introduce to more characters such as the wealthiest person of Concadabero, Amos (Giuseppe Battiston), Guido (Stefano Scandaletti) the bus driver,, Hasan's brother, Mohamed (Amri Amine Abdel Jelil) and his family that includes three kids, and Mara's best friend Eva (Marina Rocco). The term "The Right Distance" is in reference to journalism, between what Giovanni was supposed to write and the people involved.
What I like about the movie is the sense of community around the area, but it becomes bogged down as soon as a murder of a single person, in this case it is Mara, that did not make much sense, except to serve as a backdrop to the community narrative. I also did not like the idea of Hasan who is innocent committing suicide, contradicting the historical notion of only guilty people commit suicide- it is in most cases never the other way around, unless that person suffers from a mental disorder of some sort. If the movie focused on catching the serial dog killer, who was killing dogs with .22 caliber bullets (at least more than 5 dogs were found murdered) which that gun discovered was ever mentioned, nor was it ever found from either party, whether it is from Hasan or from Guido ( the actual murder which in actuality be second degree as it was an accident). Where and what is the connection? How come no one amongst the residents ever heard gun shots from anyone if the community was supposed to be as small as it was described? It is like, finding the dog killer suddenly not a priority anymore, leaving viewers with more questions than it answered. People who love dogs may not appreciate this shabby treatment from the makers.
Co-written and directed by Carlo Mazzacurati that centers on a small town or community called Concadabero that has 18 year old teenager, Giovanni (Giovanni Capovilla) wanting to leave the family household of his younger brother, widowed dad and his aunt Giacinta to pursue journalism. He kind of does between his small community and a bigger city for a guy name Maurizio Bencivegna (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) with instructions to go under a different name, Franco whose also the name of one of his friends played by Natalino Balasso. One day a young lady from Brazil, Mara de Rosa (Valentina Lodovini) moves into the community, and it is supposed to be temporary as a Grade 1 teacher. And during her stay, the community's mechanic, Arab Italian Hasan bin Chaib becomes infatuated with her. He does this by driving up to her place at night and just stares at whatever she does through the window, while he's standing outside. At the same time, there's a serial dog killer happening around the area. And as Giovanni continues to write articles for the community using a different alias, we are then introduce to more characters such as the wealthiest person of Concadabero, Amos (Giuseppe Battiston), Guido (Stefano Scandaletti) the bus driver,, Hasan's brother, Mohamed (Amri Amine Abdel Jelil) and his family that includes three kids, and Mara's best friend Eva (Marina Rocco). The term "The Right Distance" is in reference to journalism, between what Giovanni was supposed to write and the people involved.
What I like about the movie is the sense of community around the area, but it becomes bogged down as soon as a murder of a single person, in this case it is Mara, that did not make much sense, except to serve as a backdrop to the community narrative. I also did not like the idea of Hasan who is innocent committing suicide, contradicting the historical notion of only guilty people commit suicide- it is in most cases never the other way around, unless that person suffers from a mental disorder of some sort. If the movie focused on catching the serial dog killer, who was killing dogs with .22 caliber bullets (at least more than 5 dogs were found murdered) which that gun discovered was ever mentioned, nor was it ever found from either party, whether it is from Hasan or from Guido ( the actual murder which in actuality be second degree as it was an accident). Where and what is the connection? How come no one amongst the residents ever heard gun shots from anyone if the community was supposed to be as small as it was described? It is like, finding the dog killer suddenly not a priority anymore, leaving viewers with more questions than it answered. People who love dogs may not appreciate this shabby treatment from the makers.