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Title: Setting surpasses story.
Review: Lush scenery and gorgeous decor do not disguise one more insipid Italian male fantasy movie.An immature, virginal man falls in love/lust with a temporarily blind, shallow, young socialite who well knows how to manipulate and excite men. The movie fails as comedy because Nello lacks any gravitas and his lust is merely pathetic. The movie fails as tragedy because Nello's experience does not change him. Instead of gaining maturity from his experience, Nello ends up happily sewing garments for the Pope in his father's shop - no more having an independent, creative life in Bologna.Most damning, it is impossible to identify with the main characters since they are so unrealistic. But perhaps in Berlusconi's Italy, a whorish young beauty and a feckless,immature man who never grows up are standard fare.
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