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His Secret Life (Le fate ignoranti) monday april 29 7:00 pm Screening $11 - COLONY THEATRE |
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Why do we lie to the people we love? Because we know how much the truth will hurt. That line of reasoning, in all its maddening paradox, holds sway over every character, gay and straight, in this masterful new film from from the director of Steam. Every character, that is, except Antonia, who, after her husband Massimo's untimely death, is thrown into a tailspin of doubt about their marriage and launches an unflagging quest for the bare, painful truth. Ever so gradually, this uptight middle class woman is drawn out of her grief and into a new world of handsome gay men (one of whom lies ill with AIDS), loud-mouthed prostitutes, statuesque transsexuals, and Turkish immigrants, a band of misfits worthy of vintage Fellini. This, she learns, was her husband's true family.
And at the center of it is Michele, the boyfriend he kept hidden on the side for years. Combative contempt gives way to tentative friendship as they each mourn and come to terms with the man they both loved, and try to construct new lives. This is a classic melodrama, filled with free-flowing erotic energy (a hot sexual encounter between three men is alone worth the price of admission) and brought to life by a vibrant ensemble of actors who beautifully convey the illusions and fierce loyalties of a group of social outcasts.
In Italian with English subtitles.
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