I don't know too much about Italy's politics. The ones I met who came from there said it is bad and corrupt. This is all I know. If I knew the details maybe I would see the movie in a different way. But as a foreigner it was just bad to me.
The whole movie felt like communist propaganda. All politicians are evil, some fisherman will come and really care about people giving away money to them. They even have a scene singing a song about Che Guevara. The scenes where he throws his family and friends under the bus for illegal activities remind me of communist propaganda in Russia where a boy got his father killed for "truth". At the end there are a few minutes where he says that we are all crooked and should look at that and start the change with ourselves. Was a beautiful message but too small in such a long movie that feels like promoting a totally different thing.
I would even rate it higher as a communist propaganda if it at least was funny, but it wasn't. Here is where I think there might have been a difference if I knew more references. But I doubt it would be that big. The actors are good but nothing they say or do is very funny.
The whole movie felt like communist propaganda. All politicians are evil, some fisherman will come and really care about people giving away money to them. They even have a scene singing a song about Che Guevara. The scenes where he throws his family and friends under the bus for illegal activities remind me of communist propaganda in Russia where a boy got his father killed for "truth". At the end there are a few minutes where he says that we are all crooked and should look at that and start the change with ourselves. Was a beautiful message but too small in such a long movie that feels like promoting a totally different thing.
I would even rate it higher as a communist propaganda if it at least was funny, but it wasn't. Here is where I think there might have been a difference if I knew more references. But I doubt it would be that big. The actors are good but nothing they say or do is very funny.