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Come Non Detto (Italian) [Tell No One]

I absolutely loved this film. This film was comical, funny, emotional , romantic, had family values. In short it had everything that makes my heart feel glad with happiness and satisfaction. There wasn't a single moment in the film that got me bored. The film was not too lengthy , which kept everything interesting. Everything was right, without over-acting and subtle. It doesn't mean the film did not have flaws. It did and I will talk more about those later.

Mattia has just finished college and is about to move to Spain for job. Reality is he wants to be closer to his boyfriend. Tonight, there is a family dinner for his farewell. Mattia has told his boyfriend Eduard that he is out to his family and they are all ok with it but reality is Mattia is struggling hard to tell the truth. Every opportunity he got, something came up and he couldn't tell. Eduard decides to give him surpass on the family dinner night, so that he can meet family in person. Now begins hilarious quest on how to keep Eduard away from the family without telling him the truth. We are shown details of life of Mattia's parents, sister, brother-in-law and my favorite, the grandmother. We also meet his best friends, a drag queen and his girlfriend. The story keeps going in flashback where Mattia tells us how he has landed in the current situation. Ultimately, when he can't take it anymore, at his final dinner, he just blurts it all out and comes out to his family in a very emotional and touching speech. He thinks he will shock everyone but he is the one who is shocked when he finds that his family knew all along but just did not know how to deal with it and how to make Mattia comfortable to tell him. All ends well and Mattia finally goes to Spain with Eduard.

It is funny that sometimes, we think we know our family and that they will not understand what we are going through, but we are so wrong. Parents usually understand us much better than anyone else ever will. And this is shown beautifully towards the end of the film after Mattia comes out to his family. Like I said before, every scene of the film was fantastic, acting was exceptionally good by pretty much everyone and the production values were really high. Mattia was sooooooo cute. I wish the film had shown more of the relationship between the couple but then at the same time, I understand that their relationship was not the primary focus of the film-maker. It is supposed to be coming-of-age story and it was just that. The film focuses on all relationships. Mattoa's relationship with his girlfriend and his drag friend was very natural, warm and very believable. Usually these relations look very forced in other films but here it just felt natural. My favorite in the film was grandma. I would watch this film just for the scenes with her. She was so cool, natural and funny. I think her track was very novel, innovative and funny without making her like a demented person. The father was also funny and so was sister's small track. I fell in love with this small Italian family and wanted to be part of them.

The way film kept going back in flashbacks was also done very efficiently. It does not confuse audience because Mattia's voice over explains what's going on. I would strongly recommend this movie as a gay person. There is so much trash out there that this one comes as a pleasant surprise. What is strange is that this movie is no great shakes by any means but right from first scene I just got into it and the film did it for me. I might end up giving it a little extra rating (which I would not otherwise) and some of you may completely disagree but hey, what can I do. (9/10)

Comments

Anonymous said…
i just downloaded this film...i want to watch it so bad but i cant find any subtitle for this..do u know if any english softsub out there for this film??
Golu said…
Try this
https://www.gay-torrents.net/torrentdetails.php?torrentid=156381
GC from France said…
Some movies just stick with you and this one sure will... I had already watched it a few years ago and I had a tremendous pleasure watching it again tonight. The cast is so good, the acting is spot on and Mattia got me really emotional.
Please give a go to the original version with subtitles and I assure U you will have a great time.
Golu's review is just perfect, nothing more to add.
Golu said…
Yeah i also watched the movie again few months back with a friend of mine and he also fell in love wth it.
Sailor Maan said…
This one is just perfect... Everything is brilliant(even the end credits with the small scenes!). Definitely one of my favourites
Golu said…
Don't tell me you just watched it. Its been one of my favs for a few years now :)
Sailor Maan said…
Haha no, but I thought about it suddenly and wanted to give you my opinion :). I m terribly late I know... It s one of the italian gay movies I find amazing, with Mine vaganti, Mambo italiano (even if this one is not really italian) and now of course Call me by your name.
Golu said…
I have to agree to that

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