The Last Paradiso

Wouldn't life be so much easier if we loved each other more? Not necessarily sexually speaking, but just plain have affection for each other, embrace each other instead of hate each other just because we are differnt or want something (similar).

But if that were the case you wouldn't have conflicts and some would say life would be boring. As is true for movies too of course. Imagine everyone hugging and kissing each other, instead of going at each others throats (literally and metaphorically speaking). Love can solve certain things, but also heighten others ... especially if it is considered "forbidden love" ... there is drama and fun here, but there is surprisingly enough also quite the amount of violence packed in here. I had no issues with it, but I imagine those only watching dramas may find it hard to stomach (no pun intended). Just be aware of it.

Cracking film with a wonderful cadence. This is not a film for everyone, judging by some of the negative reviews. This won't appeal to tiny minds and empty souls who may harbour a fondness for 'movies' with 'Avengers' somewhere in the title.

Very enjoyable movie, not Hollywood and the usual clichés we've become hooked on. Deserves better that 5.6 , I'd give it a 7.

Not a bundle of laughs , but we'll acted and directed and a believable story line. Give it a whirl !

Only for beautiful photography & scenery of Italy Rating this movie 5.. as for story line there was nothing worth watching even the ending was not satisfying .. a daily soap series crunched into a movie ..

Watching this film made me feel what my father must have witnessed as an 8/9 yr old in Calabria. And l can confirm that this was as accurate as it can be, l know this because l was told as a young woman from the horse's mouth as they say. Young women being preyed just because they were poor and desperate.

Two of these women were family members of mine. One being my grandmother, my father's mother and the other my Aunt my mother's sister both, bore children from it!

The Italians suffered badly at the hands of greedy land owners and of course the Mafia! And to think these were the 50s not the dark ages. It makes me sad and angry to sit and watch what my father had to witness and many others the sufferance they had to endure.

Even though l had to watch this alone with my own feelings and thoughts, a good illustration of the times in southern Italy. The end was a bit fuzzy but l suppose With all the sufferance, they wanted to sugarcoat a bit with a happy ending. Concetta Gallo