#sofia toussaint

Sofia Toussaint

After a few days watching Goncharov trend here I decided to give it a try and I watched ALL 3 HOURS of this absolute MASTERPIECE and I would like to add something that I don't see people talking about: I hate mafia films because every time the plot goes towards romanticizing said mafia, and I find it disgusting (I live in Italy and for us it’s not a fucking game, it’s a plague, tragedies occurred that scarred our nation) but I would never have imagined that a 1970 film could portrait the horrors of the mafia system so REALISTICALLY! It shows that it’s not cool, not sexy, not fun, it’s draining, it’s gruesome, it kills you slowly and kills the people around you. The time imagery is SO spot on in this case because every major character is constantly running away from this system that trapped them; they all have a dream life they would like if they could, but the mafia spiral is a constant threat. I absolutely LOVED the scene where Mario Ambrosini a few moments before his betrayal told Goncharov that he would like to open a bakery in his next life, to which Goncharov responded saying that he prefers alcohol to pastry and Mario stated that he would gladly make him a babbà (an alcohol-based small pastry). Even in extremely calm and slow paced scenes you can feel that they are ready to jump and run again. It’s unnerving and anxiety inducing and it’s perfect. This film is absolutely majestic, it was able to touch all the problems that the rest of the mafia film have. It doesn’t romanticize the mafia, it shows that what they do is a-moral, but they don't have a choice, it shows growth, it shows that you can overcome the worst situations together, it shows that feeling vulnerable towards who you love it's not a weakness. But sadly this love will never be fulfilled, because the vicious cycle of violence caught them. They ran out of time.