Review of Ciao

Ciao (2008)
9/10
A very good drama about love & relationships.
29 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Alessandro Catza both co-wrote & portrays one of the two leads. He did both well. The director Yen Tan is the other co-writer & he shows much skill in his direction. I wish him well & hope to see other films he has directed.

Adam Neal Smith is the other lead actor. He and Alessandro portray, Jeff & Andrea, two men in their twenties who meet on line, this occurs because of the untimely death of a mutual friend, Mark.

These three men just happen to be gay, the story is so universal one or two of them could have been female.

This is a love story about friendships & about the meanings of love & friendship. As in all love stories there is some sadness.

Thankfully there is none of the silly nonsense we usually see in films about Gay persons, BOTH come across as real flesh & blood human/ ALSO there is no nudity or needless sex scenes, There is one very beautiful romantic interlude towards the end. (the way they used to make love stories & show sex scenes) beings.

We only see Mark towards the end, he sings a song that does fully explain what love is & or should be.

The director purposely & to great effect has a few silent moments, we the audience need not be privy to everything, this allows us to use our own imagination.

This fine film had next to no theatrical showings, It is a far better film than many of the major movies this past year.

Rent this ASAP & you will be glad you did.

Ratings: ***1/2 (out of 4),93 points (out of 100), IMDb 9 (out of 10)
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