Reviews of the film "Youth" are of interest to everyone who wants to get acquainted with one of the last directorial works of the Italian Paolo Sorrentino. This drama, which was released in 2015, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The main roles in the film were played by Michael Kane, Harvey Keitel and Rachel Weisz.
Plot
Most reviews of the movie "Youth" are positive. This is a story about two already old friends, whose names are Mick and Fred. They know each other most of their lives. Best friends love spending time together.
Fred is a composer and conductor who became famous throughout the world. He had already left his career, not intending to return to his former life in high society. Old age overcomes him, so itâs becoming more difficult to work. His friend Mick is a famous director. Unlike Fred, despite his age, he still works. When the viewer gets acquainted with the characters, he writes the script for his new film. He wants to put an end to his career with them. But things are moving slowly, yet Mick is also old, there is a lack of clarity in his head, as it was in former times.
At the foot of the Alps
The plot and reviews of the film "Youth" can attract many moviegoers. The plot of the picture is built around the desire of friends to relax together in a picturesque alpine resort. They enjoy peace and tranquility, share with each other their senile problems.
Indirectly, they monitor their children, who are entangled in their lives, not knowing what to do. From the height of their rich life experience, they discuss the love problems of children and the situations in which people around them find themselves.
All this time, Mick is still working on his script, inspiring the rest of the resort. And at this time the queen turns to Fred, who asks him to speak at the birthday of Prince Philip, but the eminent composer refuses her.
Awards and nominations
Reviews about the film "Youth" in 2015 were so good that the picture received many awards and nominations at prestigious film festivals.
In Cannes, the ribbon was nominated for the Golden Palm Branch, but the award went to the drama of Jacques Odiar "Dipan". But at the annual film award of the Italian National Association of Film Journalists "Silver Ribbon" "Youth" received prizes for the best directing, the work of the cameraman and editor.
At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, she won the Audience Award and received the European Film Academy Award for Best Film. Paolo Sorrentino was recognized as the best European director for this work, and Michael Kane - the best European actor.
The picture received one Oscar nomination for the best original song.
Paolo Sorrentino
The director who directed the film Youth is 48-year-old Italian Paolo Sorrentino. Critics consider him one of the most talented contemporary European directors, his work regularly falls into the main program of the Cannes Film Festival.
Among his significant works, it is worth noting the biographical drama âAmazingâ about the last years in the career of the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, the tragicomedy âWherever you areâ with Sean Penn in the title role, the satirical tragicomedy âGreat Beautyâ, which the press considered a free retelling cult tape Fellini "Sweet Life".
In 2016, he tried himself as a director of the series. Sorrentino directed the 10-episode drama Young Papa about 47-year-old American Cardinal Lenny Belardo, who becomes the youngest Pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
His last work at the moment is the biographical drama "Loro", dedicated to Silvio Berlusconi.
Michael Kane
Positive feedback from viewers about the film "Youth" was often directly related to the performer of the role of composer Fred, 85-year-old British actor Michael Kane.
On his account more than a hundred roles in feature films, he is considered one of the most popular and popular English actors during the 60-90s.
In the movie, he made his debut in 1958 in the drama "And Proudly Write Her Name" in a cameo role. Together with Jack Nicholson, Kane became one of two actors in the history of world cinema, which was nominated for an Oscar in five different decades, from the 60s to the 2000s, inclusive.
Twice he managed to conquer this figurine. He received the award for his role as Elliott in Woody Allenâs comedy âHannah and Her Sistersâ and the image of Dr. Wilber Larch in Lasse Hallstromâs melodrama âThe Rules of Winemakersâ. Both victories were won in the nomination "Best Actor in a Supporting Role".
Harvey Keitel
His friend Mika was played by 79-year-old American Harvey Keitel. The films of Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese brought him fame. The audience remembers him by the thriller âTaxi Driverâ, the drama âEvil Streetsâ, the debut tape of Tarantino's âReservoir Dogsâ, the black comedy âPulp Fictionâ, the action movie âFrom Dusk Till Dawnâ.
Keitel made his debut on the big screen in 1967 in the drama of the same Martin Scorsese, âWho Knocks on My Door?â. For his role as gangster Mickey Cohen in Barry Levinsonâs biopic, Bugsy was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award in 1991, but never received an award.
In addition to âYouthâ, the most significant in his career are Scorseseâs tragicomedy âAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymoreâ, the drama âThe Last Temptation of Christâ, where he played Jude Iscariot, detective Jack Nicholson âTwo Jakesâ, James Mangoldâs drama âPolice Officersâ, comedy Felix Gary Gray "Be Cool!"
Keitelâs latest work at the moment is the role of Angelo Bruno in Martin Scorseseâs biographical drama Irish, dedicated to Frank Sheeran.
Rachel Weiss
In the reviews of the film "Youth", English actress Rachel Weisz, who played Lena Belinger, is mentioned.
In the movie, she made her debut in 1995 in the fantastic thriller Stephen Norrington's "Death Machine." Bernardo Bertolucciâs melodrama âEscaping Beautyâ brought her popularity, Stephen Sommersâs adventure film âThe Mummyâ, and Francis Lawrenceâs mystical thriller âConstantine: Lord of Darknessâ.
In 2006, she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a supporting role in the detective thriller by Fernando Meirelles, The Faithful Gardener.
In 2018, she played in two bright films at once. This is James Marshâs adventure biographical drama âRace of the Centuryâ and the historical film âFavoriteâ by Yorgos Lantimos.
Reviews
Enthusiastic reviews from critics about the film "Youth" in 2015 provided increased interest in the film from the entire cinema community. The audience appreciated how bright and beautiful this work turned out. It simultaneously makes you think about the inevitability of death, that which, in the end, fades even the most athletic, healthy and beautiful body.
In the reviews of the film "Youth", many drew attention to how subtly the director empathizes with women, once again showing herself to be a true connoisseur of their psychology and internal characteristics. Most of those who saw this movie in cinemas or watched in a cozy home atmosphere had extremely positive emotions. The film is beautiful literally in every frame, making you enjoy incredible music.
In critics' reviews, the film "Youth" was called a culturological drama, which only pretends to be an ordinary comedy, although in reality it turns out to be much deeper and finer. Interestingly, the film has two finals, one of which was shot in Venice, and the other in London. The tape shows the viewer a compromise that each of us must come to at a certain age, the main thing is to live up to it.