Agostino 1962

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Agostino 1962

*** WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ***

Directed by:
Mauro Bolognini

Paolo Colombo Agostino
Ingrid Thulin Agostino's Mother
John Saxon Renzo
Mario Bartoletti Saro
Aldo Bussaglia Berto
Roberto Mancia Sandro
Franco Schiorlin Scarpa
Gennaro Mesfun Tripoli

A radiant Ingrid Thulin escapes from Scandinavian gloom and
into sunnier climes in this sensuous, if disturbing, erotic drama
set in Venice. As the frivolous mother of a troubled teenage boy,
she is a walking Oedipus complex in designer gowns (and a
warm-up for more celebrated 'monster mother' roles in Night
Games and The Damned). She dominates this film with her
usual minimum of effort, no matter that she spends so much of
it off-screen - in the arms of a dashing gigolo played by John
Saxon.

How does her impressionable young son pass his time while
Mummy is absent? Now we come to the secret of WHY this film
is so totally obscure. (Even fans of Thulin, or of director Mauro
Bolognini, barely seem to know it exists.) Wandering the desolate
beaches of the Lido, the son falls in with a vagabond group of
pubescent boys, ruled over by a mysterious older man whose
attachment to them is...well, let's just say that implications are
everything, and Bolognini's dreamily homoerotic photography of
underage flesh would never pass scrutiny in our more knowing
times.

For anybody who does not find its sexual subtext too off-putting,
Agostino is an intelligent and handsomely photographed film. Its
black-and-white views of Venice are as breathtaking as the later
Technicolor visions of Visconti and Nicolas Roeg. If I can't
recommend it wholeheartedly, that's because Bolognini (unlike,
say, Louis Malle in the far superior Pretty Baby) does not seem
entirely aware of the dilemmas raised by his own film.

At what age does human sexuality begin? At what age is it ethically
acceptable for an artist to portray it? Such questions are rife in
Agostino. The answers are nowhere to be found.

Language: Italian *** WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ***

Runtime: 1:26:22


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