GARIBALDI’S LOVERS – The SLIFF 2013 Review

Review by Sam Moffitt

GARIBALDI’S LOVERS is a warm hearted, and at times very funny modern Italian comedy, set in Milan with several characters whose lives intersect, in often surprising ways. Leo is a plumber, with a Chinese helper (who speaks fluent Italian!), two teenagers at home, a daughter and son who have their own problems. Leo is often visited by his wife who has been dead for a few years and is anxious for him to get a new woman, and whenever she appears loves to smell the coffee, the one thing she misses in the afterlife.

There is also a young woman artist, a somewhat crooked lawyer, a loud and obnoxious landlord who turns every conversation into an argument. All the characters are watched over by a statue of Garibaldi who laments the state of modern Italy. It helps to know some Italian history to get the jokes revolving around Garibaldi. It’s also nice to know the Italians are dealing with the same messiness of modern life that we all are, all around the globe. Recommended.

GARIBALDI’S LOVERS screens Saturday November 16th at 6:30pm and Thursday November 21st at 4:30pm as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. Both screenings are at the Plaza Frontenac Theater

Ticket information can be found HERE

http://www.cinemastlouis.org/garibaldi’s-lovers

http://www.cinemastlouis.org/garibaldi%E2%80%99s-lovers