Viva la libertà

Toni Servillo es un actor excepcional, pero actúa en películas promedio o por debajo de la media, que son sobrevaloradas y sobreestimadas para mí por alguna razón completamente incomprensible. Que viva la libertad entre ellos. La película me aburrió hasta un sueño extático. (25.01.2015)

During the time I’ve been writing my reviews on this site I have seen a number of Italian movies. Comedies, dramas, mafia shoot-offs, but also classic deep stories from the Apennine Peninsula. The Italians have a lot to offer, but I have a feeling that they somehow don’t want to open up to Europe and rather make their films for themselves. But it’s just my feeling, as Long Live Freedom is a movie with a good premise, but the storyline often seems incredibly ordinary. Sure, Toni Servillo is a good actor and his dual role in this movie is flawless. However, I still think that he could have squeezed more out of it. That goes for the whole movie, as well as a number of other Italian movies. (11.05.2014)

Toni Servillo is such an interesting actor that you'll enjoy Long Live Freedom, even though much more could have been made from the subject matter and the overall concept of political criticism through a double. Nevertheless, it's a pretty clever comedy about how politics is actually dirty, but you can really do wonders with it. (03.10.2017)