Synopsis
When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
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Cast
- Manuela MartelliBianca
- Nicolas VaporidisLibio
- Luigi CiardoTomas
- Alessandro GiallocostaBoloñes
- Pino Calabreseil poliziotto
- Rutger HauerMaciste
- Sara ManniRoman Woman
- Daniela Pipernooperatrice sociale
- Patricia RivadeneiraHairdresser's Owner
- Brando TacciniEx-fidanzato
Recommandations
- 90
Village Voice
Scherson, adapting Roberto Bolaño's novel, incorporates surrealistic, hyper-expressive visual techniques, resulting in a film that is excitingly unclassifiable. - 90
The New York Times
Ms. Scherson’s style — backed wholeheartedly by the cool cinematography of Ricardo de Angelis — may value mood over information, but it’s the perfect vehicle for a portrait of two damaged souls grasping for a security they no longer possess. - 83
The Playlist
It seems like a statement that Il Futuro presents simple but intriguing conflicts that nonetheless resolve anti-climactically, denying us an organic end. - 80
Time Out
It’s wonderful to think that a movie is, for a change, ahead of you. - 80
Variety
Even though mood trumps character psychology, the entire cast provides mesmerizing, evocative performances. - 80
The Dissolve
Il Futuro is a playful, soulful movie, affecting because it’s populated by lost children who can somehow sense they’re in a movie, and that in a movie, the only future is The End. - 80
Los Angeles Times
The atmospheric heft of Il Futuro is invariably more bracing than oppressive, and in the complexly stoic Martelli and masterfully craggy, haunted Hauer, an alluringly opaque pas de deux of loss and uncertainty is wonderfully realized. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Thoughtful and less sensationalistic than its premise might suggest, it's made for arthouses and offers a fine showcase for costar Rutger Hauer.
