Struggling gay actor Pietro-Elo Germano ( who has OCD and who may be seriously depressed ) rents a rundown apartment in a seedy part of Rome. His life is complicated by a pregnant best friend ( Margharita Buy) a bullied transvestite ( Daniele Luchetti) a dishy gay neighbour ( Alessandro Roja) oh and the ghosts of eight Turkish/ Italian actors who take over his apartment and who have no clue that they are in fact dead.
Simples!
A Magnificent Haunting ( at Theatre Clwyd this evening)is a meandering little film that doesn't really go anywhere. Characters pop up with very little resolution in their story lines, and at one point a mysterious drag queen " godfather" looms threateningly into the fray....then disappears without trace, but in the great scheme of things, that doesn't really matter as the whole thing is rather a sweet natured and charming ghost story/ study about loneliness
7/10
Enjoy
Dishy gay neighbours only exist in movie land
its the same for us girls too ;) !!! great blog .
ReplyDeleteTa muchly x
DeleteSounds complicated but fun.
ReplyDeleteDon't you ever sleep!!
ReplyDeleteNow this does sound promising....I will try to remember to check it out when next in the city......to rent DVD.
Now go to bed!
Tell me what you think jimbo
DeleteSounds kinda fun. I wish I had a dishy gay neighbor.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Me too
DeleteSounds good, wonder if it will ever come around here?
ReplyDeleteNot true, John! I have several dishy neighbours! ;-)
ReplyDeleteCan you post some photos?
DeleteMuch better than that silly 'Woman in Black', then?
ReplyDeleteYou are so wrong. Years ago, my sister's dishy gay neighbour introduced me to my dishy straight husband :-)
ReplyDeleteWanda .....I expect a blog about all this!
DeleteI have one ancient old guy one side, and a pikey road gang worker the other, so even if I was gay, I think I would be straight. The film looks interesting though, in a frivolous fringey sort of way. I will keep a look out at our local 1930's dustbox.
ReplyDeleteIt's rather sweet Gary...so well worth seeing
DeleteI thought you WERE the dishy gay neighbor, John?
ReplyDeleteOh aye yeah!
DeleteMight be fun to watch this film. I don't remember having any dishy neighbours, gay or straight. Lots of nice neighbours, but no one especially dreamy.
ReplyDeleteI have dishy gay neighbors, Rob and Chris, and I hope that my partner and I could be considered dishy gay neighbors! We've got the gay thing going on in our neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteplufrompdx