Vicino al Colosseo c'è Monti

Mario Monicelli, captures the flavor, the heart and the soul of Monti perfectly. Encompassing three of the oldest streets in the city, Monti was once the area for brothels in the time of gladiators and plebes.

Today the city is a mix of ages and ethnic diversity juxtaposed against a backdrop of some of the worlds most important cultural Icons.

Monicelli's camera spans random moments in the day to day life of the Rione and its inhabitants, a place where he has lived for most of his life. Each of the places he captures give voice to the colour and diversity that make up this vibrant quarter, a mixture of old and new, deeply Roman and old world Italian.

Here we have churches and art, music and filmmakers, streetwalkers and politicians, but somehow everyone seems to find their own way, rambling along...just like this little film does. Why are there so many old people in the film? I don't know...but perhaps its because its a good place to grow old.