La Casa Del Sorriso (1990)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Romantic Drama  |   Run Time - 110 min.  |   Countries - Italy  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain

In the hippie era, the motto used to be "never trust anyone over 30." In this geriatric romance, the motto might be amended to read "never trust anyone under 60." Still sprightly and interested in life though they are in their 70s, the two lovers in this film are confined in an unsympathetic "rest home" by their relatives and are only able to meet rarely in a camper loaned to them by some black immigrant workers. When the staff at the home get wind of their affair, they take vigorous action to try and "calm them down" simply to reassert their deadening control over them. Eventually the two of them end their romance, but the woman escapes the rest home and finds freedom in the company of the immigrants.

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