The Story of Boys & Girls

Original title: Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze

1989
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

231

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Comedy Drama Romance

At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who re... Read allAt a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother fre... Read allAt a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next mor... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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- 4 wins & 13 nominations

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Director Pupi Avati wanted to make the film in black and white, and had a black and white version made from the color negative.

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6/10

We're just children acting out our societal and animal roles

A rustic wedding feast with a dozen courses. Country boy marries city girl.

Flirtations. Infidelities. Family secrets exposed; prejudices expressed. Cute little kids. Sumptuous food. Italy in the thirties in the shadow of Mussolini.

You really need to know a little Italian to follow 'The Story of Boys and Girls' since there are so many characters talking practically at once, so the subtitles are annoying and distracting. Director Pupi Avati has everybody flying about to give us the mood of anticipation, and then the energy continues because there are so many personalities to be expressed. A lot of sexual pleasure taken on the run here, with the men as quick little rabbits; the women responsive, once aroused. Warm, charming, with just a hint of fascist values, and the disaster to come.

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