As a road trip movie, we can most definitely appreciate the exquisite scenery, with most of the outdoor scenes shot in the Abruzzo’s biggest national park, Gran Sasso and Monti della Lega.Ĭosì è la vita also houses one of my favourite quotes ever “The Lion and the Gazelle” (translated in English for you): “Every morning in Africa when the sun come up, a gazelle awakens and knows she’ll have to run faster then the lion or she will be killed. Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo are animated vivid breaths of fresh air, bringing this incredible story to life and allowing you to appreciate the humor, even if you may not understand Italian. The script is flawless, with every joke timed to perfection. The three fated strangers soon realize they are in this together, and a friendship begins to blossom.
The movie takes you on a side-splitting journey as the trio encounters all sorts of situations from delivering a baby, to finding love, and ultimately being mistaken for dead after a car explosion. It is here where the adventure of a lifetime begins, as the three embark on a remarkably eventful road trip. Giovanni invites himself into the police car, and in a quick turn of events, both the police officer and civilian find themselves kidnapped and taken hostage by Aldo. Their encounter happens by chance one morning: while Giacomo is escorting Aldo to hearing, they get stopped by Giovanni, who wants to report a theft. The story follows the lives of Aldo ( Aldo Baglio), a thief currently in jail for credit card fraud, Giovanni ( Giovanni Storti) a married children’s toys inventor, and Giacomo ( Giacomo Poreti), a wanna-be novelist and a police officer.
If you don’t mind international cinema and a few subtitles, this Italian Cult movie makes for an excellent choice, a brilliant story full of humour, heart, adventure and hope, that will leave you grinning from ear to ear. When it happens to us, it’s usually a call for despair but as as the central theme in this Italian comedy by Comedic Trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, I can assure you it is nothing but hilarious. Dir: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poreti, Giovanni Storti and Massino Venier, 1998.Ĭosì è la vita – That’s life, a typical expression used when things don’t exactly turn out the way we planned them and quite frankly there is nothing we can do about it.