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TIFF 2013: 'Those Happy Years' is a fantasy well worth indulging - Sound On Sight 20/09/13 11:34 Home Animation Columns Comic Book Film Film Festivals Games Podcasts SOS Blog TV Search... Trending: Quentin Tarantino Doctor Who Breaking Bad TIFF HBO AMC Download Movie TIFF 2013: ‘Those Happy Years’ is a fantasy well worth indulging iStockphoto.com/Download_Movie Posted on September 19, 2013 By Laura Holtebrinck Toronto International Film Festival Find the Perfect Stock Movie. Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less! Those Happy Years Written by Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Caterina Venturini Directed by Daniele Luchetti RECENT ARTICLES Italy/France, 2013 Spotlight Film Festivals In 2007, Daniele Luchetti garnered international attention with My Brother Is an Only Child, a nostalgic look at a pair of brothers in 1960s and 1970s Italy who find themselves on opposite sides of the political spectrum but loving the same woman. With Those Happy Years, Luchetti returns to the past once more, this time looking at TIFF 2013: 'Relax, I'm From The family dynamics with the backdrop of art rather than politics. Future' does a lot with little in a The film tells the story of artist and art teacher Guido (Kim Rossi Stuart), who is struggling both to gain the funny yet heartfelt sh… notoriety as an artist that he seeks and to provide for his wife Serena (Micaela Ramazzotti) and children Dario (Samuel Garofalo) and Paolo (Niccolo Calvagna). Serena, on the other hand, cares little for art and instead just Fantastic Fest 2013, Day One wants Guido to turn his attention to her. When a failed art installation causes Guido to further withdraw from his Report: 'Coherence' and 'On the family, Serena takes the children on a feminist retreat to a beach in France. Though at first reticent to let herself go, she enjoys the summer there immensely and learns more about herself than she thought she Job' would. Narrated by an adult Dario, the film takes a close look at family dynamics and the things that matter to us most. 'Prisoners' a well-acted, but overly grim and self-serious, procedural drama 'The Short Game' a slickly produced, all surface-level golfing documentary http://www.soundonsight.org/tiff-2013-those-happy-years/?utm_s…feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+soundonsight%2FlUpk+(Sound+On+Sight) Page 1 sur 4 TIFF 2013: 'Those Happy Years' is a fantasy well worth indulging - Sound On Sight 20/09/13 11:34 'A Single Shot' a fine showcase for Sam Rockwell, but not much else TIFF 2013: 'Those Happy Years' is a fantasy well worth indulging Black Hand #1 Puts Life into the Frequently Dead William Hand Once Again TIFF 2013: 'Paradise: Hope' is a dark, disturbing portrait of inappropriate teenage love Those Happy Years might lack some of the substance of My Brother Is an Only Child but it clearly comes from 'Total War: Rome II' - Can An a very personal place, with Dario being an obvious stand-in for Luchetti himself; assuch, it rings true. Those Empire Be Built Upon Potential? Happy Years benefits especially from great performances from all members of the family (Garofalo and Calvagna are quite fun to watch as Guido and Serena’s precocious sons) and from Martina Gedeck as the family’s friend Helke, who becomes entangled in Guido and Serena’s relationship when she invites the latter to France. TIFF 2013: 'Heart of a Lion' insults with its blend of Those Happy Years functions well when it’s aware that, in many ways, it’s a bit of a fairy tale, as seen through the eyes of Dario. As he narrates that decisive summer in the development of his family, the adult Dario comes disparate approaches to Neo- to understand that he may be looking at this time in their lives with rose-tinted glasses. Most children whose Nazism parents are separated fantasize about happy times together as a family; Those Happy Years very much feels like such a fantasy, but with the added sobering wisdom that comes with growing up and understanding our TIFF 2013: 'Stranger by the Lake' parents as we become adults ourselves. In the end, this film is a fantasy well worth indulging. is erotic, tense, and surprisingly - Laura Holtebrinck moving The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5th to 15th, 2013. 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