在这部黑色的男人喜剧片中,In the spirit of Commedia all’italiana, well-known Italian actor and director Sergio Rubini has come up with a bittersweet tale of the frustrations of a man who refuses to live his ordinary life, incorporating his own reflection on the relative value of critiques on art.
Gabriele Rossetti returns to southern Italy to say a last farewell to his father, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man reawakens in him memories of his childhood, of his loving and beautiful mother and fun-seeking uncle, his friends, but also of his father's irascibility and exasperation over his thwarted attempts to realize his artistic ambitions. Ernesto was convinced he was destined to become a famous painter and was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of his beloved masters and for his belief in his own talent, even his own pride - and this his son cannot accept, determined that he won't turn out like his father. It is only now that, years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand Ernesto and to see what sort of person his father really was.
追求艺术的痛苦与快乐，南意大利人的殊众。
