5-10 masterful scenes dragged down a bit by uneven acting and an unsatisfying (or unbelievable?) plot resolution.
Photography, music and direction present us an almost unknown not so young director that deserve more attention in the sad panorama of contemporary italian movie industry. OFC the screenplay (based on a best-seller novel I haven't read and a theatrically staged spin-off) may be contributing a lot to the final result - with a poignant family drama witnessed by the eyes of a brillant adolecent girl - yet the film keeps the viewer glued with its elegant imagery and soundtrack despite a very quiet pace and uneventful storyline.
A pleasant, technically perfect, thought provoking and sometimes even touching experience, unfortunately unable to vibrate my deepest chords: some actors aren't really doing what they're supposed to, and the conclusion of the drama with the "great revelation" is poor. I hoped they didn't indulge in the trendy scandalous passion for incest, rape and the likes but it would have been much better than what we get here after all the build up.
Some subbing of the dialect might have been a good idea too: I've missed not more than 10 sentences overall... but that's not ideal nonetheless.
