LA CITTÀ IDEALE directed by Luigi Lo Cascio (Italy, 2012)
Luigi Lo Cascio wrote, directed and stars in this ambitious and thought-provoking movie. He plays Michel Grassadonia, an earnest architect committed to leaving only the faintest of ecological footprints.
For instance, he conducts experiments to live without electricity and uses rain water to shower. He also has a holier than thou attitude to those who breach the civic rules – photographing those who smoke in public buildings and reprimanding those who drop litter.
As a model citizen, he is last person you would expect to fall foul of the law, yet through a Kafkaesque series of incidents he is plunged into a complex legal process which he mistakenly thinks he can overturn by simply telling the truth. Continue reading
