Review

Silvio belongs to a group of teenagers who decide to take over their high school to protest its privatization. They organize demonstrations, debates, sit-ins, mingling political and more personal quests. Silvio feels attracted to Valentina (Anna Galiena) and hopes to make love to her for the first time. He finds it hard to communicate with his parents who are not supportive of his fight, despite their own anti-establishment stance.

Gabriele Muccino's second film tackles the uneasy field of generation portraits. A helping hand came from his brother Silvio, who plays the character of the same name and co-wrote the script. The result of this collaboration is a subtle and acute observation of manners showing the tension between children and parents who find themselves surprisingly entangled in social standardization. The love agitation is also very well captured and smoothly integrated into the political issue. The whole cast of beginners brings a remarkable freshness, not to mention Anna Galiena's outstanding beauty. Come te… stands out easily in the stricken landscape of Italian cinema.

Yannis Polinacci