When I was asked to watch this movie and write a review I was a little half hearted. It was a debut for the director, the lead actress and also the lead actor, even if not at his debut, was in his first main role.
To my surprise, the movie revealed itself as a masterpiece.
Got everything you may need to enjoy great cinema: it is well written, very well acted, telling us about the contradictions of the city of Rome suburbs. But most enjoyable of all, has references to Pasolini's cinema sowed everywhere in the movie: violence, drama and sense of guilty.
We also enjoyed the clear reference to Jean Vigo's "L'Atalante" in the ocean bath scene at Lido di Ostia (another of Pasolini's landmarks).
I just wished this movie had a better distribution, because it truly deserves to be counted between the best debut movies of the decade.
Review of Pure Hearts
