La vita in comune

I saw this film last night as part of the Denver Film Festival. The film screening was actually held at the University of Denver rather than a festival venue so the crowd was different than usual for the festival. The director spoke to us before and after the film and it was lovely to hear his personal story behind the making of the film including the fact that most of his actors are "regular folks." The south cape of Puglia is a poor, down-trodden place where, as the director says, "men stand outside bars." Poetry, nature, politics the pope and the mafia all exist here and at times they are in perfect harmony.