The Nuovo Olimpia is the type of cinema that existed in many cities of the world in the seventies where gay or bi men cruise. I've been to similar in London, Cairo, Bochum and Paris. It's an institution that no longer seems to exist in the West now things are "liberated".
In Rome, Enea and Pietro hook up in the cinema, fall in love and lose each other. The storyline on IMDb tells the outline of the plot. They never forget each other and think about meeting again for the next thirty years. If only they had swapped more than first names!
Life carried on until an accident brought them back together again. But both men had obligations now. I choked up when Antonio said about Enea that he was his life.
Added poignancy was supplied by cashier Titti whom Luisa Ranieri played to perfection.
Yes, there were a couple of coincidences that didn't ring true, but it's a film! The overall direction, acting and writing rendered them unimportant.
The ending was a corker, the final shot of Pietro walking home and then the camera slowly turning in a half circle into the other direction and taking us back in time by its motion to what could have been.
I'd been apprehensive about the length of the film at an hour and fifty minutes but the time flew by as I was sucked into the story. This is a definite recommend.
In Rome, Enea and Pietro hook up in the cinema, fall in love and lose each other. The storyline on IMDb tells the outline of the plot. They never forget each other and think about meeting again for the next thirty years. If only they had swapped more than first names!
Life carried on until an accident brought them back together again. But both men had obligations now. I choked up when Antonio said about Enea that he was his life.
Added poignancy was supplied by cashier Titti whom Luisa Ranieri played to perfection.
Yes, there were a couple of coincidences that didn't ring true, but it's a film! The overall direction, acting and writing rendered them unimportant.
The ending was a corker, the final shot of Pietro walking home and then the camera slowly turning in a half circle into the other direction and taking us back in time by its motion to what could have been.
I'd been apprehensive about the length of the film at an hour and fifty minutes but the time flew by as I was sucked into the story. This is a definite recommend.