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After watching Luca with the kids, I decided to check out this short. Ciao Alberto follows the attempts of Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) to win the approval of Giulia's father, Massimo (Marco Barricelli), with whom he lives now. This relationship is one of the subplots I admired from the original film, so I appreciated the opportunity to revisit it and focus on it.
I really liked the way the short highlights the place where both characters are, with Alberto wanting a father figure and Massimo having the chance to have the son he never had. It's great how they put all of that up front, without necessarily hammering us with an overload of sappiness. Ciao Alberto is a simple but charming short film that's emotionally effective, and maybe even better than the original film.
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CIAO ALBERTO
(2021, Harris)
(2021, Harris)
"I can't do it. I'm not good at this. I'm not good at being your... employee."
After watching Luca with the kids, I decided to check out this short. Ciao Alberto follows the attempts of Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) to win the approval of Giulia's father, Massimo (Marco Barricelli), with whom he lives now. This relationship is one of the subplots I admired from the original film, so I appreciated the opportunity to revisit it and focus on it.
I really liked the way the short highlights the place where both characters are, with Alberto wanting a father figure and Massimo having the chance to have the son he never had. It's great how they put all of that up front, without necessarily hammering us with an overload of sappiness. Ciao Alberto is a simple but charming short film that's emotionally effective, and maybe even better than the original film.
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