As mentioned in my first blog post, my view of Italy is highly romanticized. However, the more movies that we view in the class, the more I see and understand what living in Italy is really like. “Ciao Professore” was not only a well acted film, but it also showed what life is like in Southern Italy, and what hold the mafia still holds over certain areas. Although I only saw clips of the film, I was impressed with the acting of all of the third graders. Hopefully I will have the chance to watch the film in its entirety in the future.
What I found most shocking about the film was the fact that it took place in the slums. Italy is always depicted as such a beautiful country, I never envisioned Italy to have slums similar to the United States. But in some parts of Italy, the conditions are worse then the United States. In Naples corruption in the government and with the Mafia is preventing incinerators to be built to get rid of the regions trash. Riots and protest has lead the region being under military rule. In “Ciao Professore” which was shot in 1999, you can see the issue of garbage already in the streets. Garage lines the streets and is over filling the dumpsters. However, today in that same region the trash is everywhere, along with the smell.
Clearly Italy is not what I had originally envisioned.
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