Comedy · Romance · War
Italian
1991 · Directed by Gabriele Salvatores · 96 min
In the Second World War, a small Italian unit is posted to a remote Greek island to watch the sea. The village seems empty and no enemy appears, and what follows is a warm, wry comedy about duty, idleness and unexpected company.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key example of the Italian comedy-of-escape of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and a late-period reworking of the commedia all'italiana tradition of laughing at Italian soldiers and institutions with sympathy.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a study of how a group of men, and the rules that hold them together, change when the setting stops pressing on them.
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