Loose Cannons

A Sensitive, Intelligent Coming Out Story, Italian Style
Turkish writer/director Ferzan Ozpetek (His Secret Life, Saturn in Opposition, Facing Windows, Sacred Heart, Steam:The Turkish Bath, etc) has created yet another sensitive, warmly humorous, intelligent movie in LOOSE CANNONS (MINE VAGANTI), a film he co-wrote with Ivan Cotroneo. The film is filled with an extraordinary cast of Italian actors, most of whom we do not know but who deliver some of the most memorable characterizations in recent years. The title for the film `loose cannons' refers to an irresponsible and reckless individual whose behavior (either intended or unintended) endangers the group he or she belongs to. There could not be a better title for this film that examines family life in contemporary Italy.

The film opens with a prelude of a beautiful woman in a bridal gown running across the fields toward the ancient house where she embraces a man Nicola (Giorgio Marchesi, watch his star rise!) and then is lead to her planned wedding to another man. The story...

Gay themed comedy with family love at its core
This is a very good gay themed film. It is a seriously funny with some teary moments and a lot of really hilarious bits.

I rented it and then bought it. It is worth watching twice at least. I watched it alone then over my husbands shoulder.

we had a great time laughing and sniffing along with the great ensemble actors

Well done!
After seeing so many low-budget and poorly made American as well as foreign-made GLBT films for the past few years, it's extremely refreshing to see such a high-production, well-directed, well-acted, well-scripted, and very well done movie.

All the actors have chops! They are the type that acts with their eyes, their face, their entire body, and project integrated conflicts inside out. The believable, comically, humanistic, and never over-the-top characterizations of each family member in this drama are the strongest point of this movie. I became sympathetic not only to the protagonist, but also to almost every single character in this movie from the get-go, which is rare for me.

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