It is certainly not a plot never seen before in Italy (and about Italy), but setting it in a dystopian environment allows you not to get trapped in certain contemporary clichés. Very nice direction and photography though the scenario and the setting of the Ilva of Taranto is already dystopian enough in itself. Good child actors and very good Alessandro Borghi in this "Bronson/Peterson" version. I imagine that foreigners who see it in subtitles will get a much less stereotyped impression (because of the dialect). But overall very nice and I hope it's the beginning of a new vein for Italian cinema.
Review of Mondocane
