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A Family Story is a portrait of today’s dysfunctional family. Luca Giovagnoli paints his characters as a silent spectator would during a family therapy session.
Giovagnoli skillfully mixes Oedipus complexes with Peter Pan syndromes, joyful and nonchalant sequences of childhood memories and mother figures reminiscent of scenes from Visconti’s film “Conversation Piece”. Needless to say there is always another story behind what we see at first glance, just as they teach us in a psychology textbook.
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How many secrets are concealed while posing for a family …