"A Quiet Life," directed by Claudio Cupellini, tells the story of Rosario Russo and Antonio De Martino, who are actually the same person. A mobster who fled to Germany fifteen years ago after faking his own death, he runs a hotel-restaurant far from the life he used to lead until it suddenly confronts him in all its 'fury' with all the unresolved issues he had tried to leave behind. It's difficult to judge a figure like the protagonist (the usual talented Toni Servillo): he is a criminal and a murderer, but his escape simultaneously represents a desire to rebuild his life as well as a form of atonement. It's easy to say that the moral of the film is that in the end, nobody can truly escape from themselves, but the truth is indeed just that.
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