Le Notti Bianche

White Nights

A wonderful film by Luchino Visconti, which gives us incredible feelings from the beginning to the end of the film, perfectly expressed by the acting of Marcello Mastroianni as usual impeccable.

A neorealist love story not so far away even today, despite the fact that several years have passed, and this is what I love about Italian neorealist cinema.

Beautiful background music, wonderful dance scene and ...

*SPOILER AHEAD*

..the final image of a heartbroken and devastated Mastroianni watching from the bridge where they met, after a snowfall, the woman he loves so much, smile and leave with another man. One of the best shots I've ever seen.

7.5/10

Much better than the dour and mopey source material, White Nights is a beautifully shot film with touches of bittersweetness and humour which manages to make something of the rather one-note story on which it is based.