Romance & Cigarettes - John Turturro (2005) |
Actor John Turturro, of Italian origin and a fan of opera, he made this film in 2005 (produced by Ruby Cohen of the Cohen brothers) an interesting attempt to update the genre, in which the characters seem to use the songs to express feelings for which the words alone are not sufficient. The songs are taken from life and from our time, for this aspect the movie is closer to the experiment of Alain Resnais, 1986, the charming Melò, and also to the classic movie Cialis usa ohne rezept by Jacques Demy. |
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The story starts from one of the most typical
situations of melodrama, but also in the cinema: the love triangle and
betrayal; the difference is that the protagonist are an American blue
collar, his housewife, of course both Italian American, and the other she is
a clerk, but in a porn-shop. Moreover, the daughters of the couple have put
together a punk-rock band like the Sletaer-Kinney, the boyfriend of the
favorite daughter is an aspiring revival, between Travolta and Elvis, his
cousin is an original character who lives in the memory of the faithless
wife, and so on. The film proceeds with a intriguing realization, with the
support of a first-rate cast out with an excellent Susan Sarandon, with
situations that alternate between the comic and the thoughtful and dazzling
musical numbers organized as a "scene" or maybe as video clips, including
the and compelling interpretation of Delilah and of Pieces Of My Heart in
the church.
Susan Sarandon | Kate Winslet |
Very pronounced and almost caricature the interpretation of Kate Winslet, very overweight, difficult to assess, and large space to the Italian-American actor James Gandolfini (from the famous U.S. TV series The Sopranos) definitely in party (the" physique du rol" is unquestionable) that has the opportunity to express all the colors of melodrama, from farce to tragedy. The rising young star Mandy Moore has a role a little bit one-dimensional, a daughter who has few other distinguishing features in addition to being actually a daughter.
A really interesting film (but not recommended for
smokers) often surprising, a little bit uneven, full of surprises for
spectators that are also ready to new discoveries, and above all that are
music lovers.
A rich casting for the first film of John Turturro.
Interpreter |
Character |
Notes |
James Gandolfini |
Nick Murder |
He, the Italian-American carpenter Nick |
Susan Sarandon |
Kitty Kane Murder |
She, housewife and mother |
Kate Winslet |
Tula |
The other one, clerk in a successful porn-shop |
Steve Buscemi |
Angelo |
Friend of Nick |
Mandy Moore |
Baby Murder |
The beloved daughetr. Bass player in the punk rock band |
Mary-Louise Parker |
Constance Murder |
The other daughter, the rocker, first guitar |
Aida Turturro |
Rosebud "Rara" Murder |
The third daughter, the flat one. She's the drummer |
Bobby Cannavale |
Fryburg |
Baby's boyfriend |
Amy Sedaris |
Frances |
A friend of the daughters |
Christopher Walken |
Bo |
Kitty's cousin |
Eddie Izzard |
Gene Vincent |
Organ player in the church |
Barbara Sukowa |
Gracie |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder' actress as a friend of Kitty |
Elaine Stritch |
Nick's mother |
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P.J. Brown |
Police officer |
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Kate Winslet - Tula as "El quarto de Tula" |
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Sarandon and Cristopher Walken mentioning The parapluies de Cherbourg | |
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Kate Winslet singing underwater |
Nick and Tula |
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The meeting between Kitty and Tula |
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Kitty - Susan Sarandon |
The goodbye between Nick and Tula |
A soundtrack in which the songs are chosen mostly because they are consistent with the particular moment of the movie or the character who sings them; as Delilah used as a comment for the betrayal of teh wife of Bo, or Red Headed Woman by Bruce Springsteen dedicated to Tula. Specific of the film they are a romantic Italian song by Anna Identici (Quando m'innamoro performed both in Italian and in English) and the apotheosis during the soul classic Piece Of My Heart.
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