Un mondo a parte

A very nice movie depicting both, the beauty and the challenges, of living in a village far away from the big cities, with a population facing and fighting extinction for their adolescents leaving the village, savouring the achievements of larger infrastructures.

The plot with all its little stories and facets is quite moving. In its essence, as I perceived it, it depicts the difference between an ample, anonymous, misanthropic life in a large city compared to the caring, personal, yet bleak life in a small village. People like me, living in both worlds, feel at home and empathize with both the actors and the story itself.

Particularly in the beginning of the plot, the movie has some little funny moments resulting from differences and misunderstandings between living in the city and living in a village.

The closing credits disclosed a very intriguing feature: most of the actors in the movie weren't actual actors: They were in fact villagers, more or less depicting themselves. Kudos! And my deep and honest respect for the great acting in the movie.

There's one final translation thing I'd like to mention: I watched the movie in German with German dubbing. Almost all of the supporting characters have been dubbed by what would regard as being dabblers. The voices didn't match the characters and pronunciation was dreary. These voices were poorly selected and pulled me out of the illusion.