This was a big surprise when it hit cinemas in 1995 – Claudio Fragasso could direct a decent action film, with great acting and a really tense atmosphere! This from the man who gave the world the incredible Troll 2…

As a latter day crime film, this one of the best – building on credible Italian crime dramas such as La Piovra and La Scorta. This is a bit more exploitative though, lots of violence, melodrama and action as Bova heads an escort team gone wrong from Palermo to Milano. A kind of crime road movie ensues, with likable and engaging characters along the way. Giannini is great as the corrupt banker being escorted, and Ricky Memphis is great as a police sidekick. Also features Stefania Sandrelli and an ok score by Pino Donaggio.

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Language(s):English
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Claudio is a blue-collar builder, almost blissfully happy with his ordinary family life, with his wife and two children. Then, tragedy strikes and Claudio sets off on an obsessive quest to become rich and successful by taking on an almost impossible-to-complete contract to construct an apartment block in record time. Claudio uses all his own, his friend’s and his family’s resources to try and succeed, while in fact coming closer and closer to disaster and ruin. Anchored by an intense and very impressive performance by Elio Germano (Romanze Criminale, Quo Vadis Baby) as Claudio, Our Life is a gritty, yet warm and human story. Almost like an Italian Ken Loach, director Daniele Luchetti depicts authentically working class life in Italy and the struggles of one man to rise above the corruption and compromises that beset him. Following on from Luchetti’s acclaimed previous film My Brother is an Only Child (premiered at LFF 2007) this is another arresting film; powerfully emotive, cinematic and satisfying. —BFI

Cannes Film Festival 2010: Best Actor (Elio Germano, ex-aequo)
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Claudio (Elio Germano) è un operaio edile, che vive alla periferia di Roma con l’amata moglie Elena (Isabella Ragonese) e i loro due figli. Con lei ha costruito un solido rapporto fatto di complicità, con cui affrontano le piccole e grandi quotidianità, cercando di arrivare alla fine del mese e di dare un futuro dignitoso ai figli. Ma il destino mette Claudio di fronte alla tragedia della scomparsa di Elena, morta per complicazioni post-parto, dando alla luce il terzo figlio.Rimasto solo con i figli, Claudio si trova impreparato ad affrontare un così grande dolore, quindi ricopre i figli di troppo amore e attenzioni attraverso beni materiali, come una sorta di risarcimento per quello che la vita gli ha strappato. Si ritroverà, così, in una situazione più grande di lui, invischiato in affari poco leciti, ritrovandosi, suo malgrado, a chiedere l’aiuto delle persone che gli vogliono bene, come la sorella Liliana (Stefania Montorsi) e il fratello Piero (Raoul Bova), oltre all’amico spacciatore Ari (Luca Zingaretti). Saprà, allora, ricominciare da capo, recuperando il rapporto con i figli e con la figura della moglie, di cui riesce ad elaborare il lutto.

La.Nostra.Vita.2010.DVDRip.x264.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/C9818804602FBED/La.Nostra.Vita.2010.DVDRip.x264.mkv

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, French

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