yoshi_s_story

An otherwise worthier than average TV production spoiled by a kind of fixation on scenes of sexual intercourse, a subject riveted on to the point of grotesque - which is how it usually is for every state TV production in Italy for at least the past 15 years.

This makes the work almost as bad as everything RAI produces and broadcasts (and it's nothing but TV series and TV fiction, by the way), despite some of the ever-present flaws in those products pleasantly missing here (I am thinking of ideological fads the state TV enforces upon all viewers of their series).

The signs of a direction more competent, or less incompetent, than what RAI has made us weary of are still present, and the subject matter in itself is fascinating. This is more something I'd recommend lukewarmly to watch than avoid: avoid everything else by RAI, still.

And of course, if Leopardi is a real interest, this 2-evenings series may be the stepping stone toward reading some real books by, or on, him.

This is best seen as a trial-and-error cinematographic training session, or a work that wouldn't deserve praise even if it had been submitted for a graduation examination.

I will add that the actors, specially the woman, seem talented, and you would like to see them put to the test in more serious productions.

Also, the idea behind the work was a more-than-good one. Holderin makes for a great subject, and to have the motion picture play in atmospheric country and wood locales from the places of Holderin's life was spot-on.

Too bad no real content, or value, was added to the initial project.

There is a minimum of 400 mandatory characters placed upon reviews here by a rule I find rather disagreeable. The mandated minimum character count should be 200 - there are quite a lot of motion picture whose substance and art don't justify, less still require, 400 words to review them.