The Ideal City
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Director Luigi Lo Cascio Music director Andrea Rocca Country Italy | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Thriller Duration Language Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 11, 2012 (2012-08-11) (Venice)
April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11) (Italy) Writer Virginia Borgi (collaborator on screenplay), Massimo Gaudioso (collaborator on screenplay), Luigi Lo Cascio, Desideria Rayner (collaborator on screenplay) Cast Luigi Lo Cascio (Michele), Luigi Maria Burruano (Avv. Scalici), Catrinel Marlon (Alexandra), Aida Burruano (Madre), Barbara Enrichi (Giudice), Massimo Foschi (Avv. Chiantini)Screenplay Luigi Lo Cascio, Massimo Gaudioso, Desideria Rayner, Virginia Borgi Similar movies Luigi Lo Cascio movies, Movies about Italy, Thrillers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ideal City (Italian: La città ideale) is a 2012 Italian thriller drama film, written and directed by Luigi Lo Cascio. It is Cascio's directorial debut film. The film premiered in International Film Critics' Week section at 69th Venice International Film Festival on August 11, 2012.
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The film screened at number of film festivals before having a theatrical release in Italy on April 11, 2013.
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Plot
The film tells the story of the architect and ecologist Michele Grassadonia, who moves from his hometown of Palermo to live in Siena and build a life that is as environmentally friendly as possible.
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Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics. Boyd van Hoeij in his review for Variety said that "An ecologically minded Italo engineer finds himself in judicial quicksand after he pulls over his borrowed car to help someone lying in the road, in this intriguing, only lightly absurdist drama." Jennie Kermode of Eye for Film gave the film four out of five stars and called it "An intriguing piece of work and particularly impressive for a début feature, this won't be everybody's ideal film but some viewers will adore it." Mymovies.it said that "The ideal city remains an important debut and mature in the spread of so much ugliness takes the side of beauty."
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