Luce dei miei occhi (2001)

Voti degli utenti:

7.1/10   

Regista:

Giuseppe Piccioni

Scrittori:

Umberto Contarello (screenplay)
Umberto Contarello (story)

Data di uscita:

17 gennaio 2003 (Denmark)

Genere:

Drammatico

Plot:

Antonio is a lonely man who works as a driver of luxury cars. Outside of his work, he spends his time reading science fiction novels...

Premi:

6 wins & 12 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

It is not what you do that matters.....it is whether they like you or not

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio	...	Antonio
Sandra Ceccarelli	...	Maria
Silvio Orlando	...	Saverio Donati
Barbara Valente	...	Lisa
Toni Bertorelli	...	Mario
Mauro Marino	...	Franco
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Raffaele Barillaro	...	Raffaele
Massimo Gaudioso	...	Il Viaggiatore
Isabella Martelli	...	Social assistant
Roberto Nobile	...	Client
Silvano Piccardi	...	Wife's Client
Valeria Sabel	...	Old Woman
Lucio Vinciarelli
Mirza Zeljo	...	Tariq
Riccardo Zinna	...	Lucio

Alias:

Light of My Eyes (International: English title)

Durata:

113 min

Nazionalità:

Italy

Lingua:

Italiano

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby | DTS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T | Germany:12

Luoghi riprese:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Compagnia:

Albachiara

It is not what you do that matters.....it is whether they like you or not

The title of this film "Luce dei miei occhi" translates from Italian to English to mean "Through the light of my eyes" and how appropriate. This is one of the most realistic movies that reflects the true nature of how cruel and one sided some relationships and liaisons can be. Most movies of this genre are so predictable and to some extent,- extremely unrealistic, simply because men are always portrayed as the selfish cold hearted instigator to jeopardize relationships. What makes this movie more unique is that there is no third party to cause rivalry for this woman's affection.

Without giving too much away, we have here a lonely taxi driver who is a true gentleman with honourable intentions, that falls for a single mother (of a young daughter) who remains coldly indifferent to his love and commendable contributions. She runs a frozen food store and he eventually learns that she is heavily in debt to some loan shark, so he decides to help with payments without her knowledge. He goes to extreme lengths to help her by also striking some deal in chauffeuring her creditor. In the movie, he narrates his experiences by modeling similarities to the themes of non related events in some Science fiction novels,which are his other passion and that he feels like an alien from another planet without any sense of belonging.

Although she is not at fault for her lack of affection towards him, this movie can be extrapolated further, because it does not have to be just the lack of appreciation from a woman towards a man's love, but the lack of appreciation from any other person, purely due to a missing charm. I am not one to be blown away by love stories, however, there is a moral to this movie that generalizes beyond a conjugal relationship, which affects us all in one way or another, even if it may be just between siblings. This demonstrates that it is not what you do for another to be appreciated, but whether they like you or not. Many of us can relate to this fact whether it is for affection from a partner, appreciation for contributions towards the workplace that go beyond the call of duty, countless efforts towards a friendship or even time towards a charitable cause. It is not what you do for a cause, but whether the recipient likes you or not.