The Last Time We Were Children (2023)
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"Μελαγχολικό κοινωνικό δράμα για χαμένη αθωότητα"
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Δράμα
45%
Πολεμική
30%
Ιστορική
15%
Ενηλικίωσης
10%
Rome, summer 1943. Four children play war while the bombs of real war explode around them. Italo is the rich son of the Federal, Cosimo has his father in confinement and an atavistic hunger, Vanda is an orphan and a believer, Riccardo comes from a wealthy Jewish family. They are different but they don't know it and between them "the greatest friendship in the world" is born, impervious to the divisions of history that bloodies Europe. But on October 16 the Jewish boy is taken away by the Germans together with over a thousand people from the Ghetto. Thanks to Italo's father Federale, the three friends believe they know where he is and, to honor the "spit pact", decide to leave in secret to convince the Germans to free their friend. Yet another imaginative mission becomes reality, the three children travel alone in an Italy exhausted by war, among disbanded soldiers, deserters, occupying German troops, exhausted and hungry populations.
🤖 AI Film Analyst Insight
"Claudio Bisio’s directorial debut navigates the fraught landscape of childhood innocence colliding with the horrors of WWII Italy. The film’s strength lies squarely in the chemistry and compelling vulnerability of its young ensemble, particularly as they embody the tragic breakdown of loyalty under ideological duress. Bisio opts for a traditional, deeply sentimental approach, which effectively maximizes emotional resonance but occasionally veers into narrative predictability, relying heavily on established tropes of wartime childhood dramas. The visual style is competent and earnest but rarely transcends the functional, lacking the distinctive cinematic voice required to elevate it beyond a respectable historical account. While it succeeds as a heartfelt meditation on friendship and the devastating cost of historical prejudice, its formal execution prevents it from achieving true cinematic distinction."