Viva la Libertà

Distrib Films | Release Date: November 7, 2014

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MartalApr 24, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm kinda surprised to see so many negative reviews of this very interesting, beautiful looking, and wonderfully acted little morality tale. It's certainly slow and low-key, having more the deadpan, black humored subtlety of 'Being There' rather than the much broader and more straightforward 'Dave' to which it's often compared. But to me that's what made it so engaging as these two very different men go on their separate journeys.

(Danger *** Spoiler Alert *** Danger)

The politician on a journey of self-discovery, gradually learning to access the considerably warmer, more open, and more playful side of his 'crazy' brother (as we see in that closing shot of him smiling, finally with a that same playful twinkle in his eye that his brother has), while the stand-in's journey seems to be more of a 'teachable moment' for those around him, including his formerly dower and defeated brother, and... hilariously.... Italy itself.

But, as I understood it, the imposter is sufficiently smart and ego-free to know that, while he's an excellent and inspirational orator, he simply doesn't have the political know-how to steer his party through the rocky rapids of an election, and so steps aside so that his now more evolved brother can take the helm again. A perfect ending, to my mind, not the ambiguous cop-out that many have complained about.… Expand

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