A thriller in Naples or Napoli? As in all the movies the key is in the incipit of vision without end of a an ancient palace of stairwell.

Beyond the passionate and mysterious story of Adriana starring a sensual Giovanna Mezzogiorno,

Ozpetek tells his Napoli, as well as he sees through the eye of filmmaker adopted by Italian cinema, but with an eye to its origins at the crossroads between East and West. Yes, because that Naples has its oriental charm and mystery to those who are not Neapolitan and difficult it turns out to foreigners.

The value of Ozpetek's film lies in how to deal with the bourgeois and noble Naples that is rarely told by the Neapolitan filmmakers more likely to stories of popular Naples and the Camorra. If a parallel can be done (which is generally I avoid) It is the one with the Rome seen by Paolo Sorrentino, Neapolitan by birth, who has well described the capital's La Grande Beauty. We find ourselves in front of the mirror tale of two cities in the south and their wealthy class. Both films have sparked controversy in honor of their artistic value, because if a movie, a story, a book split here is that we are faced with something extraordinary. Because these mirror stories of two mirror filmmakers? Maybe it's the "right distance" that both manage to keep the object of desire. What then if Ozptek the plot is flimsy it does not matter because the main character of the story is Naples.

Ozptek has put a lot of his taste in the sets curated by DENIZ Gokturk KOBANBAY, thanks to the skill of photography GIAN PHILIP CORTICELLI and music by PASQUALE CATALANO. Then among the actors he liked Beppe Barra and could not be otherwise, along with the singing performance of the song ARISA “Vasame” Enzo Gragnaniello.

Some refer Fellini and sorrentiniano the scene of the inevitable clairvoyant in a film of Naples give that magic touch of Naples. But also a tribute to the Neapolitan theater in the theater performance by Beppe Barra in the 'litter'. As the director says is an archaic ritual tied to the Neapolitan culture 'femminielli' and which portrays the male birth, which deeply impressed him.

So do not you jump in the chair at the scene between the South and Villages, but wait for the director tries to reveal the Napoli as he sees. If in addition to the protagonists and Beppe Barra in the cast we find ANNA BONAIUTO, MARIA PIA CALZONE, LINA SASTRI and ISABELLA FERRARI and therefore attendance borrowed from the theater there is no doubt about the quality of the film.

luigi Noera