Le mogli e le arance

Le mogli e le arance is characterized by a wonderful sereneness It is the kind of quietude which many of us connect immediately with the south Everything seems to be in its perfect place and time is just passing In the setting of a sanatorium a nobleman is practicing idleness and slowmotion mind games Does it sound boring Yes it does But it is not the uneventfulness is definitively enthralling The film director tries to narrate time time itself as such for its own sake a rare experiment