Monday, March 19, 2012

Review of “La vita che corre”



Recently on Italian TV I saw an interesting film “La vita che corre”. It spoke about a big problem in the Italian society, the abuse of alcohol and drugs and its consequences.  Three girls do a dance trial. They pass, and they decide to go to a disco to celebrate this event.

At the same moment in another family, there is a difficult situation. In fact their son pushes drugs secretly, this boy is in conflict with his father. The other son is a doctor. That evening they also decide to go in the same disco, and they meet the three girls. But during that evening they all get drunk together with two boys .

Unfortunately, while they are coming back to home, they have a terrible accident. In that moment another man is coming back, and he is involved. He is badly injured. In fact the doctors must amputate his leg. He begins a long period of suffering because at the beginning he doesn’t accept his handicap, but afterwards he decides to face it.

He also loses his work, but he wants to begin a new life with his family One of two boys drops dead on the spot and after three days one of three girls. From that moment, the father of dead boy tries to save the other son that it has made the same mistake as his brother.

This film is an image of modern society, which is characterized by the insecurities in the world of young people. It brings out the often difficult relations between parents and children, that aren’t always idyllic.

Seeing this film, I was shocked. This film made me reflect. I liked it because I made this consideration: 
we have everything, and we can enjoy life honestly without using drugs. Young people think only about themselves. They don’t understand that in a minute they can destroy the life of somebody else.

One minute is sufficient to ruin everything.

Grazia Maria Franco

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