Synopsis
Rome, 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son, 35-year-old virgin Nello, to more liberal Bologna hoping he'll find a wife. His head brimming with ideas on romantic love induced by classical poetry, Nello falls for Angela, a beautiful blind woman who indulges him only to win back her fiancé.
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Cast
- Neri MarcorèNello Balocchi
- Vanessa IncontradaAngela Gardini
- Sandra MiloArabella
- Giulio BosettiDott. Gardini
- Nino D'AngeloDomenico "Nino"
- Giancarlo GianniniCesare Balocchi
- Edoardo RomanoProf. Gibertoni
- Anna LonghiLina
- Chiara SaniJole
- Alfiero ToppettiRenato
Recommendations
- 80
Chicago Reader
Writer-director Pupi Avati has a such a fine sense of narrative proportion that this Italian feature unspools like silk. - 75
New York Daily News
Neri Marcore gives a beautifully understated performance. - 70
Los Angeles Times
A poignant love story, laced with tenderness and gentle humor and told with the warmth of Italian movies in their seductively good-natured mode. - 60
Village Voice
If you can suspend your disbelief regarding Nello's naïveté, this film offers some quiet pleasures. - 50
The New York Times
The film serves up all the splendor of Bologna, and then an ending that is baloney. - 50
New York Post
Pleasant but lifeless love story. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The main problem is Marcore, who is almost too gawky to be believed. - 50
Boston Globe
One wishes Incantato was made of something other than musty air. Avati provides no real emotional counterweight for all the whimsy and nonsense, and the movie carries neither the force of morality nor the titillation of trashiness.
