An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world's attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken.
Director:
Sydney Sibilia
Popularity
582
( 243)
"Che vuol dire che si sono moltiplicati? Non sono mica dei cazzo di streptococchi!"
Starting with our protagonist, he's a very eccentric fellow. In my opinion, he's actually very smart, but maybe too idealistic and way too industrious to be considered "normal". Being idealistic and also zealously motivated to actually materialize your radical ideas is a very bad combination. It's one thing to have these really absurd thoughts, but it's another level when you actually diligently work on it.
I'm very interested in how they actually built this island. They are not backed by a major corporation, they are strictly working on a shoestring budget. The story of actually building this "island" is already an insanely fascinating story already by itself. It's a stupidly and laughably impossible undertaking; until they point when they actually were able to do it. This to me was a missed opportunity.
The film did show a lot from the sociopolitical perspective of this story though. That, too, are also interesting but I feel like it could have been more condensed and refined. Overall it's a bizarre story, this is something I have not heard of before; and I actually somehow enjoyed watching this film.