An Italian doctor starts a new life in Kenya to escape the city, but life catches up with him when an old friend offers his assistance along with his wife, who happens to be an old lover.
Acting
Pierfrancesco Favino's slow unraveling of a man who thought he'd reinvented himself.
Cinematography
Kenya looks gorgeous; the white savior complex, less so.
Writing
The cringe of old friends who've clearly outgrown each other.
Director
Lucio Pellegrini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of early 2010s Italian films examining middle-class flight from economic crisis, using Africa as metaphor rather than setting.
Pellegrini originally wanted sharper satire; producers softened it into romantic dramedy, explaining the tonal whiplash.
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